Table 9 Relationship between knowledge and selected variables on under five children defecation practices
Variables | Categories | Knowledge | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Low | High | Total | |
Types of household toilet | Improved | 78 (72.2%) | 115 (60.2%) | 193 (64.5%) |
Unimproved | 30 (27.8%) | 76 (39.8%) | 106 (35.5%) | |
Total | 108 (36.1%) | 191 (63.9%) | 299 (100.0%) | |
|  | Chi square (χ) = 4.351; degree of freedom (df) = 1, P = 0.037; OR = 0.582; CI = 0.349–0.970 | |||
Under five faeces management chain during the day the caregiver | Unsafe | 98 (34.6%) | 185 (65.4%) | 283 (94.3%) |
Safe | 10 (58.8%) | 7 (41.2%) | 17 (5.7%) | |
Total | 108 (36.0%) | 192 (64.0%) | 300 (100.0%) | |
|  | χ = 4.074; df = 1, P = 0.044; OR = 0.371; CI = 0.137–1.004 | |||
Under five faeces management chain by caregiver at night | Unsafe | 71 (40.3%) | 105 (59.7%) | 176 (58.7%) |
Safe | 37 (29.8%) | 87 (70.2%) | 124 (41.3%) | |
Total | 108 (36.0%) | 192 (64.0%) | 300 (100.0%) | |
χ = 3.483; df = 1, P = 0.062; OR = 1.590; CI = 0.975–02.592 | ||||
Disposal of the anal cleansing materials of under five children | Safe disposal | 46 (28.2%) | 117 (71.8%) | 163 (54.9%) |
Unsafe disposal | 61 (45.5%) | 73 (54.5%) | 134 (45.1%) | |
Total | 107 (36.0%) | 190 (64.0%) | 297 (100.0%) | |
|  | χ =9.552; df = 1, P = 0.002; OR = 0.471; CI = 0.291–0,762 | |||