Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of parent/guardian of preschool age children

Age group

 18–27

27 (26.2)

103 (43.6)

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 28–37

19 (25.3)

75 (31.8)

1.23 (0.58, 2.62)

1.16 (0.52, 2.67)

0.725

 38 and above

13 (22.4)

58 (24.6)

1.17 (0.52, 2.63)

1.17 (0.49, 2.77)

0.728

Educational status

 Illiterate

24 (23.3)

103 (43.6)

2.17 (0.25, 18.15)

0.51 (0.19, 1.31)

0.160

 Read and write

23 (24.7)

93 (39.4)

2.30 (0.27, 19.69)

0.52 (0.19, 1.34)

0.175

 Formal education

12 (30.0)

40 (16.9)

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Ethnicity

 Somali

32 (27.6)

116 (49.6)

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 Oromo

23 (23.2)

99 (42.3)

0.71 (0.31–1.60)

0.77 (0.39–1.50)

0.446

 Amhara

4 (21.1)

19 (8.1)

0.77 (0.33, 1.75)

0.59 (0.73, 2.02)

0.401

Marital status

 Married

56 (25.9)

216 (91.5)

1.43 (0.35, 5.90)

1.27 (0.27, 5.91)

0.765

 Others

3 (15.0)

20 (8.5)

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Occupation

 Housewife

47 (26.4)

178 (75.4)

0.73 (0.35, 1.49)

1.034 (0.23, 4.63)

0.999

 Others^b

12 (20.7)

58 (24.6)

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1

Frequency of using river/spring or pond water for bathing a child

 Not at all

16 (23.2)

69 (29.2)

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1

 Sometimes

32 (23.7)

135 (57.2)

1.03 (0.52, 2.04)

1.22 (0.55, 2.72)

0.627

 Often

11 (34.4)

32 (13.6)

1.74 (0.69, 4.35)

2.15 (0.69, 6.65)

0.183

Frequency of taking children to river/pond during fetching water

 Not at all

27 (25.5)

106 (44.9)

1

1

 Sometimes

26 (21.7)

120 (50.8)

0.81 (0.44, 1.49)

0.74 (0.37, 1.47)

0.384

 Often

6 (60.0)

10 (4.2)

4.39 (1.15, 16.74)

3.86 (1.86, 17.28)

0.044