Table 2 Maternal child care giving and hygiene related behavior characteristics of model and non model household, Tula sub city, Southern Ethiopia, January 2012
Variables | Model HHs(327) | Non Model HHs(323) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | % | No | % | X2Test | P value | |
Current breast feeding status (n = 52) | ||||||
Exclusive | 21 | 87.5 | 22 | 78.6 | 0.72 | 0.39 |
Partial | 3 | 12.5 | 6 | 21.4 | ||
Time of introducing supplementary feeding (n = 814) | ||||||
Not started at 6 month | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.5 | ||
< 5 month | 11 | 2.7 | 11 | 2.7 | 1.99 | 0.57 |
6-9 month | 393 | 96.3 | 393 | 96.8 | ||
> 10 month | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | ||
Diarrhea in the last two weeks (n = 866) | ||||||
Yes | 40 | 9.3 | 61 | 14.1 | 4.83 | 0.03 |
No | 392 | 90.7 | 373 | 85.9 | ||
Vitamin A supplementation (814) | ||||||
Yes | 402 | 98.5 | 403 | 99.3 | 0.99 | 0.32 |
No | 6 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.7 | ||
Water collection container Cover | ||||||
Yes | 299 | 91.4 | 287 | 88.9 | 1.22 | 0.27 |
No | 28 | 8.6 | 36 | 11.1 | ||
Water storage container cover (n = 515) | ||||||
Yes | 274 | 91.8 | 229 | 93.1 | 0.29 | 0.59 |
No | 22 | 8.2 | 17 | 6.9 | ||
Hand washing after toilet visit | ||||||
Yes always | 39 | 11.9 | 13 | 4 | ||
Yes some times | 102 | 55.7 | 165 | 51.1 | 19.87 | 0.001 |
Not at all | 106 | 32.4 | 145 | 44.9 | ||
Disposal method of child feces | ||||||
Child always use latrine | 4 | 1.2 | 4 | 1.2 | ||
Child faces are always thrown in to latrine | 235 | 71.9 | 191 | 59.1 | 12.42 | 0.006 |
Child faces are buried in yard | 28 | 8.6 | 35 | 10.8 | ||
Child faces thrown outside | 60 | 18.3 | 93 | 28.8 | ||
History of diarrhea in past 2 week of mother | ||||||
Yes | 19 | 5.8 | 20 | 6.2 | 0.04 | 0.84 |
No | 308 | 94.2 | 303 | 93.8 | ||