Table 4.
Status of under-five diarrhea across WASH indicators among children in Dangila district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021 (N = 419).
| WASH indicators | Status of under-five diarrhea | χ 2, P value | |||
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| Yes, n (%) | No, n (%) | Total, n (%) | |||
| Under-five children handwashing practice before their meal | Yes | 57 (16.2) | 294 (83.8) | 351 (83.8) | 93.92, ≤0.001 |
| No | 49 (72.1) | 19 (27.9) | 68 (16.2) | ||
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| Open defecation practice of under-five children | No | 58 (20.8) | 221 (79.2) | 279 (66.6) | 8.99, 0.002 |
| Yes | 48 (33.8) | 92 (64.8) | 142 (33.4) | ||
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| Caregiver hand wash practice before feeding their under-five children | Yes | 54 (15.4) | 297 (84.6) | 351 (83.8) | 112.48, ≤0.001 |
| No | 52 (76.5) | 16 (23.5) | 68 (16.2) | ||
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| Drinking water source of under-five children | River | 14 (53.3) | 10 (41.7) | 24 (5.7) | 15.44, 0.001 |
| Stream | 7 (25) | 21 (75) | 28 (6.7) | ||
| Well | 32 (25.8) | 92 (74.2) | 124 (29.6) | ||
| Tape | 53 (21.8) | 190 (78.3) | 243 (58) | ||
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| Presence of clean environment | Yes | 68 (18.2) | 306 (81.8) | 374 (89.3) | 93.32, ≤0.001 |
| No | 38 (84.4) | 7 (15.6) | 45 (10.7) | ||
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| Handwashing facility | Present | 16 (8.9) | 163 (91.1) | 179 (42.7) | 44.26, ≤0.001 |
| Absent | 90 (37.5) | 150 (62.5) | 240 (57.8) | ||
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| Solid waste disposal | Present | 43 (13.8) | 268 (86.2) | 311 (74.2) | 84.02, ≤0.001 |
| Absent | 63 (53.3) | 45 (41.2) | 108 (25.8) | ||
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| Liquid waste disposal | Present | 26 (9.9) | 237 (90.1) | 263 (62.8) | 88.79, ≤0.001 |
| Absent | 80 (51.3) | 76 (48.7) | 156 (37.2) | ||