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

Table 5 Multivariable regression predicting the probability of diarrhea among under-fives, rural Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia, 2018

Predisposing factors	Model I, AOR* (95% CI)	Model II, AOR (95% CI)	Model III, AOR (95% CI)	Model IV, AOR (95% CI)
Educational status of mother/guardian
No formal education	2.89 (1.13–7.35)^**			2.92 (0.28–30.10)
Primary education	3.76 (1.49–9.76)^**			3.42 (0.33–35.84)
Secondary and above	1			1
Number of living rooms
Single room	1.59 (1.20–2.10)^**			0.84 (0.45–1.57)
Two or above	1			1
Open defecation practice by the U5 child
No		1		1
Yes		1.52 (1.07–2.15)^**		1.30 (0.65–2.63)
Maternal diarrhea
No		1		1
Yes		3.30 (2.33–4.66)^**		2.22 (1.10–4.47)^**
Mother’s handwashing before eating food
No		1.22 (0.64–2.34)		0.77 (0.23–2.64)
Yes		1		1
Handwashing after contact with child feces
No		1.69 (1.03–2.77)^**		6.27 (2.01–19.55)^**
Yes		1		1
Stay time of water supply from the public tap
< 1 h			1.83 (1.09–3.06)^**	1.14 (0.47–2.77)
> 2 h			1	1
Use of dipper to draw water from container
No			1	1
Yes			3.01 (1.73–5.23)^**	2.88 (1.41–5.89)^**
Presence of refuse disposal facility
No			3.31 (1.69–6.51)^**	2.47 (1.09–5.60)^**
Yes			1	1
Under-five children stool disposing method
Burying and disposing outside the compound			1	1
Disposing in and around the compound			1.86 (1.16–2.99)^**	0.83 (0.40–1.73)
Presence of feces in or around the house
No			1	1
Yes			2.43 (1.30–4.52)^**	1.70 (0.76–3.82)
Presence of refuse in or around the house
No			1	1
Yes			0.57 (0.29–1.09)	0.83 (0.35–1.97)