Table 1 Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of model and non-model families in L/Maychew district, Tigray, Ethiopia 2017
Variables | Categories | Model families | Non model families | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diarrhea | Diarrhea | ||||
Yes | No | Yes | No | ||
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
Relation of the child to the caretaker | Mother | 26 (100) | 296 (100) | 65 (100) | 256 (100) |
Care taker | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
Ethnicity | Tigray | 26 (100) | 296 (100) | 65 (100) | 256 (100) |
Other | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
Religion | Orthodox | 26 (100) | 296 (100) | 65 (100) | 256 (100) |
Other | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
Age of the mother/care taker in year | 15–24 | 4 (15.4) | 37 (12.5) | 38 (14.8) | 13 (20.0) |
25–34 | 17 (65.4) | 161 (54.4) | 135 (52.7) | 29 (44.6) | |
35–49 | 5 (19.2) | 98 (33.1) | 83 (32.4) | 23 (35.4) | |
Educational level of the mother | No education | 8 (30.8) | 89 (30.1) | 21 (32.3) | 78 (30.5) |
1–4 grade | 7 (26.9) | 48 (16.2) | 14 (21.5) | 37 (14.5) | |
5–8 grade | 7 (26.9) | 59 (19.9) | 8 (12.3) | 57 (22.3) | |
9–12 grade | 4 (15.4) | 100 (33.8) | 22 (33.8) | 84 (32.8) | |
Marital status | Single | 1 (3.8) | 5 (1.7) | 2 (3.1) | 5 (2.0) |
Married | 25 (96.2) | 301 (98.3) | 68 (97.8) | 251 (98.1) | |
Occupation of the care taker | Farmer | 25 (96.2) | 278 (93.9) | 62 (95.4) | 241 (94.1) |
Other | 1 (3.8) | 18 (6.4) | 3 (4.6) | 15 (5.8) | |
Residence | Urban | 0 (0) | 12 (4.1) | 3 (4.6) | 11 (4.3) |
Rural | 26 (100.0) | 284 (95.9) | 62 (95.4) | 245 (95.7) | |
Sex of the selected child | Male | 15 (57.7) | 148 (50.0) | 30 (46.2) | 127 (49.6) |
Female | 11 (42.3) | 148 (50.0) | 35 (53.8) | 129 (50.4) | |
Age of the selected child in month | < 11 | 8 (30.8) | 106 (35.8) | 28 (43.1) | 106 (41.4) |
12–35 | 16 (61.5) | 132 (44.6) | 27 (41.5) | 108 (42.2) | |
≥ 36 | 2 (7.7) | 58 (19.6) | 10 (15.4) | 42 (16.4) | |
Wealth quintile | Poorest | 8 (30.8) | 70 (23.6) | 9 (13.8) | 47 (18.4) |
Poor | 7 (26.9) | 53 (17.9) | 11 (16.9) | 27 (10.5) | |
Medium | 3 (11.5) | 57 (19.3) | 14 (21.5) | 52 (20.3) | |
Wealthy | 5 (19.2) | 59 (19.9) | 16 (24.6) | 68 (26.6) | |
Wealthiest | 3 (11.5) | 57 (19.3) | 15 (23.1) | 62 (24.2) | |