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Table 3 Factors associated with diarrhoea in under-five children among model and non-model families in L/Maychew district, Tigray, Ethiopia 2017

From: Diarrheal disease in under-five children among model and non-model families in northern Ethiopia, 2017: a comparative cross-sectional study

Variables

Under-five children diarrhea

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Yes

No

Number (%)

Number (%)

Family type

 Model HH

26 (8.1)

296 (91.9)

Ref

 

 Non model HH

65 (20.2)

256 (79.8)

2.9 (1.780, 4.693)

1.9 (1.004, 3.565)*

Disposal method of child feces

 Dispose to latrine

37 (9.7)

343 (90.3)

Ref

 

 Open disposal

54 (20.5)

209 (79.5)

2.4 (1.524, 3.765)

1.5 (0. 823, 2.538)

Have proper waste disposal method

 Yes

34 (7.7)

407 (92.3)

Ref

 

 No

57 (28.2)

145 (71.8)

4.7 (2.956, 7.492)

2.6 (1.251, 5.578)*

Maternal history of diarrhea

 Yes

35 (30.2)

81 (69.8)

3.6 (2.241, 5.895)

3.3 (1.975, 5.570)*

 No

56 (10.6)

471 (89.4)

Ref

 

Hand wash at critical period

 Yes

51 (10.3)

446 (89.7)

Ref

 

 No

40 (27.4)

106 (72.6)

3.3 (2.073, 5.254)

0.9 (0.423, 1.773)

Latrine use

 Yes

56 (10.8)

462 (89.2)

Ref

 

 No

35 (38.5)

90 (72.0)

3.2 (1.987, 5.179)

2.1 (1.128, 3.897)*

  1. COR crude odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio and *significant at p-value ≤0.05