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Table 1 Socio demographic, economic and Environmental condition of model and non mode HHs, Tula sub city, Southern Ethiopia, January 2012

From: Under five diarrhea among model household and non model households in Hawassa, South Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional community based survey

Variables

Model HHs(327)

Non Model HHs(323)

 
 

No

%

No

%

X2Test

P value

Family size

      

<5

150

45.9

161

49.8

1.03

0.31

>5

177

54.1

162

50.2

  

Number of under 5 children in households

      

1.

229

70

216

66.9

  

2.

95

29.9

104

32.2

0.76

0.68

3.

3

0.9

3

0.9

  

Maternal age

      

15-24

52

15.9

65

20.1

  

25-34

202

61.8

202

62.5

3.66

0.16

35-49

73

22.3

56

17.3

  

Maternal education

      

No formal education

243

74.3

240

74.3

  

1-6

70

21.4

68

21.4

0.06

0.97

≥7

14

4.3

15

4.6

  

Cash crop

      

Coffee

51

15.6

57

17.6

  

Chat

62

19

70

21.7

1.61

0.06

Both

112

34.3

101

31.3

  

None

102

31.2

95

29.4

  

Latrine availability to use

      

Yes

301

92

237

73.4

39.73

0.001

No

26

8

86

26.6

  

Number of room

      

1 room

66

20.2

97

30

  

2 rooms

162

49.5

161

49.8

15.63

0.001

≥3 rooms

99

30.3

65

20.2

  

Animal live with people (n = 516)

      

Yes

196

72.6

209

85

11.66

0.001

No

74

27.4

37

15

  

Hand washing facility around the latrine

      

Yes

32

11.1

17

7.7

1.68

0.19

No

256

88.9

204

92.3

  

Feces seen around the house

      

Yes

57

17.4

91

28.2

10.66

0.001

No

270

82.6

232

71.8