Table 1.

Variable description and categorization

Variable	Descriptions	Categories
Dependent variable
Received oral rehydration salts (ORS) therapy	Children under-five who whose mothers reported to have diarrhea 2-weeks before survey	Received no ORS therapy=0; Received ORS therapy=1
Independent variables
Mother’s age	Mother age in years	15-24=0; 25-34=1, 35-49=2
Child age under 5	Child age in months	0-11=0; 12-35=1; 36-59=2
Child sex	Male/ female	Male=1; female =0
Residence	Rural/urban	Rural=0; urban=1
Household wealth	Wealth index (generated from household income, consumption, and expenditures)	Poor=0; middle=1; rich=2
Educational level	Mother/husband/partner’s education	No education=0; primary=1; secondary and higher=2
Employment status	Mother/husband/partner’s employment status	Unemployed=0; employed=1
Media exposure	Frequency of reading newspaper or magazine	No exposure=0;
	Frequency of listening to radio	any exposure=1
	Frequency of watching television
Health care utilization
Prenatal care visit*	Number of antenatal visits in the last pregnancy	0-3 visits during pregnancy=0; ≥ 4 visits during pregnancy=1
Health care visit for any service	Visited health facility in the last 12 months	No=0; Yes=1

The new WHO guidelines increased contacts between pregnant women and provider from four to eight;¹³ however, we used the previous guidelines of at least four visits of antenatal care during pregnancy because of the limited number of women who at least had eight contacts and used ORS therapy for children.