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Table 4 Distribution of diarrheal disease in relation to environmental factors, rural Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia, 2018

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

Factors Diarrhea (n = 1146) Crude OR (95% CI)
Yes No
Source of drinking water
 Improved 189 662 1
 Unimproved 75 220 1.19 (0.88–1.63)
Daily availability water supply from the public tap
 ≤ 1 h 69 122 2.54 (1.78–3.63)
 ≥ 2 h 120 540 1
Use of dipper to draw water from container
 No 53 476 1
 Yes 211 406 4.67 (3.36–6.49)
Latrine present
 No 168 522 1.21 (0.91–1.60)
 Yes 96 360 1
Presence of refuse disposal facility
 No 231 606 3.19 (2.16–4.72)
 Yes 33 276 1
Under-five children stool disposing method
 Burying and disposing out of the compound 97 385 1
 Disposing in and around the compound 78 162 1.91 (1.35–2.71)
Feces in and around the house
 No 139 582 1
 Yes 125 300 1.75 (1.32–2.31)
Refuse in and around the house
 No 133 542 1
 Yes 131 340 1.57 (1.20–2.10)