Geographical disparities and determinants of childhood diarrheal illness in Ethiopia: further analysis of 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of mothers, parents, and children under 5 years of age, DHS 2016, Ethiopia

Characteristics	Categories	Weighted frequency (n = 10,377)	Weighted %
Region	Tigray	682	6.60
	Afar	104	1.00
	Amhara	1954	18.90
	Oromia	4537	43.89
	Somali	473	4.57
	Benishangul	113	1.10
	SNNP	2149	20.79
	Gambella	25	0.24
	Harari	24	0.23
	Addis Ababa	233	0.26
	Dire Dawa	43	0.42
Mother’s education level	No education	6809	65.87
	Primary	2777	26.87
	Secondary/higher	751	7.27
Partner’s education status	No education	5280	51.08
	Primary	3849	37.24
	Secondary/higher	1208	11.69
Mother’s age in years	15–24	2288	22.14
	25–34	5501	53.22
	35–49	2548	24.65
Residence	Urban	1151	11.13
Residence	Rural	9187	88.87
The current age of children (years)	< 6	1195	11.56
	6–11	1069	10.34
	12–23	2001	19.35
	24–35	1927	18.64
	36–47	1980	19.16
	48–49	2166	20.95
Number of children under 5 years	1	3901	37.74
	2	4640	44.74
	≥ 3	1796	17.37
Mother’s occupation	Not working	5744	55.56
Mother’s occupation	Working	4593	44.44
Wealth index	Poor	4848	46.89
	Middle	2139	20.69
	Rich	3350	32.41
Source of drinking water	Improved water	5728	55.42
Source of drinking water	Unimproved water	4609	44.58
Toilet facilities type	Improved	1036	10.02
Toilet facilities type	Unimproved	9301	89.97
Child stool disposal	Safe	2797	27.06
Child stool disposal	Unsafe	7540	72.94
Sex of child	Male	5307	51.34
Sex of child	Female	5030	48.66
Marital status	Married	9715	93.98
Marital status	Not married	622	6.02
Duration of breastfeeding	Ever breastfed, not currently breastfeeding	5159	49.90
	Never breastfed	376	3.64
	Still breastfeeding	4802	46.46
Media exposure	Exposed	2101	20.33
Media exposure	Not exposed	8236	79.67
Diarrhea status of under-five children	No	9110	88.87
Diarrhea status of under-five children	Yes	1227	11.87

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