Characteristics | Diarrhoea (N = 1807) | Crude OR (95 CI) | |
Yes | No |
| |
Age of the primary caretaker |
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|
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14 - 24 | 100 | 295 | 1.0 |
24 - 34 | 222 | 578 | 0.88 (0.67, 1.16) |
>34 | 170 | 440 | 0.87 (0.66, 1.17) |
Marital status of the primary caretaker |
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|
|
Married | 414 | 1015 | 1.0 |
Divorced | 51 | 234 | 1.87 (1.35, 2.58)* |
Widowed | 27 | 64 | 0.96 (0.61, 1.53) |
Educational level of the primary caretaker (N = 1226) |
|
|
|
Formal education | 187 | 446 | 1.0 |
Read and write | 108 | 205 | 0.79 (0.59, 1.06) |
Read only | 11 | 100 | 3.81 (1.99, 7.27)* |
No formal education | 30 | 139 | 1.94 (1.26, 2.98)* |
Occupation of the primary caretaker (N = 1787) |
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|
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Housewife | 385 | 1054 | 1.0 |
Government employee | 63 | 218 | 1.26 (0.93, 1.71) |
Private gainful work | 17 | 23 | 0.47 (0.25, 0.90)* |
Livestock and farm related | 25 | 3 | 0.04 (0.13, 0.14)* |
Educational level of the father |
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|
|
Formal education | 59 | 226 | 1.0 |
Read and write | 40 | 105 | 0.68 (0.43, 1.09) |
Read only | 16 | 71 | 1.07 (0.58, 1.96) |
Neither | 376 | 912 | 0.63 (0.46, 0.86) |
Occupation of the father (N = 1263) |
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|
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Government employee | 136 | 479 | 1.0 |
Merchant | 89 | 159 | 0.51 (0.37, 0.70)* |
Farmer | 45 | 102 | 0.64 (0.43, 0.95)* |
Livestock | 72 | 181 | 0.71 (0.51, 0.99)* |
Radio ownership |
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|
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Own radio | 274 | 902 | 1.0 |
Do not own radio | 214 | 408 | 0.57 (0.46, 0.71)* |