Table 5.

Bivariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with diarrhea among under-five children in Dangila district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021 (N = 419).

Variables		Diarrhea		COR (95% CI)	P value	AOR (95% CI)	P value
		Yes	No
Number of <5 children/house	Two	40	21	8.43 (4.66–15.23)	≤0.001	1.62 (0.47–5.63)	0.447
	One	66	292	1
Family size	≥5	21	31	2.25 (1.23–4.11)	0.009	2.45(0.74–8.39)	0.139
	<5	85	282	1
Going to latrine with barefoot	Yes	51	41	6.15 (3.72–10.17)	≤0.001	2.45(0.84–7.13)	0.100
	No	55	272	1
Playing with soil	Yes	82	86	9.02 (5.37–15.14)	≤0.001	8.40 (4.58–36.66)	≤0.001
	No	24	227	1
Eating soil	Yes	51	30	8.75 (5.12–14.94)	≤0.001	6.28 (1.99–19.78)	0.002
	No	55	283	1
Eating fruits and vegetable	Yes	35	43	3.10 (1.85–5.19)	≤0.001	1.99 (0.69–5.76)	0.207
	No	71	270	1
Having close contact with pets	Yes	82	37	25.49 (14.42–45.06)	≤0.001	4.73 (1.78–12.59)	0.002
	No	24	276	1
Hand wash habit before meal	Yes	92	298	1	0.005	1.59 (0.33–7.60)	0.559
	No	14	15	3.02 (1.41–6.50)
Handwashing habit after toilet	Yes	116	241	1	≤0.001	7.70 (2.71–21.79)	≤0.001
	No	90	72	18.83 (10.40–34.08)
Having open defecation practice of kids	Yes	48	92	1.99 (1.26–3.13)	0.003	1.06 (0.40–2.81)	0.903
	No	58	221	1
Care giver handwashing habit	Yes	54	297	1	≤0.001	19.10 (5.46–66.52)	≤0.001
	No	52	16	17.88 (9.51–33.59)
Kids nail status	Trimmed	69	268	1	0.001	2.76 (0.90–8.50)	0.076
	Untrimmed	37	45	4.49 (2.45–8.22)
Presence of latrine	Yes	57	294	1	0.001	3.87 (1.24–12.08)	0.020
	No	49	19	13.03 (7.29–24.26)
Drinking water source	Unprotected	21	31	2.25 (1.23–4.11)	0.009	2.21 (0.51–9.69)	0.290
	Protected	85	282	1
Family monthly income in USD	<11.33	79	175	2.31 (1.41–3.77)	0.001	2.90 (1.04–8.08)	0.042
	≥11.33	27	138	1