Characteristics

Diarrhoea (N = 1807)

Crude OR (95 CI)

Yes

No

Age of the primary caretaker

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

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)

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

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)

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

Own radio

274

902

1.0

Do not own radio

214

408

0.57 (0.46, 0.71)*