Diarrheal morbidity and predisposing factors among children under 5 years of age in rural East Ethiopia

Table 3 Diarrheal disease in relation to child- and hygiene-related factors, rural Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia, 2018

Factors	Diarrhea (n = 1146)		Crude OR (95% CI)
Factors	Yes	No	Crude OR (95% CI)
Gender
Male	128	448	1
Female	136	434	1.10 (0.83–1.44)
Age
6–11	19	62	1.01 (0.59–1.74)
12–23	51	179	0.94 (0.66–1.34)
> 23	194	641	1
Number of under-five children in the household
One	123	445	1
Two and above	141	537	1.17 (0.89–1.54)
Open defecation by the under-five child
No	90	373	1
Yes	174	509	1.42 (1.06–1.89)
Maternal diarrhea
No	128	691	1
Yes	136	191	3.83 (2.88–5.14)
Availability of handwashing facility
No	204	661	1.14 (0.82–1.57)
Yes	60	221	1
Mother washing hands before preparing food
No	184	667	1.23 (0.77–1.97)
Yes	24	107	1
Mother washing hands before eating food
No	194	683	1.74 (1.03–2.93)
Yes	18	110	1
Mother washing hands before feeding child
No	178	644	1.19 (0.79–1.77)
Yes	35	150	1
Mother washing hands after defecation
No	175	631	1.12 (0.76–1.67)
Yes	37	150	1
Handwashing after washing child’s bottom
No	177	592	1.83 (1.19–2.80)
Yes	29	177	1

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