Prevalence and associated factors of safe and improved infant and young children stool disposal in Ethiopia: evidence from demographic and health survey

Sahiledengle, Biniyam

doi:10.1186/s12889-019-7325-9

Table 3 Improved child’s stool disposal by selected socio-demographic and socio-economic characteristics in Ethiopia, EDHS 2016 (N = 4145)

From: Prevalence and associated factors of safe and improved infant and young children stool disposal in Ethiopia: evidence from demographic and health survey

Background characteristics	Improved child’s feces disposal practice		Total	Percent	X² (df), p-value
Background characteristics	Improved	Unimproved	Total	Percent	X² (df), p-value
Region
Tigray	33	271	304	7.3	375.37(10), p-value = 0.000
Affar	2	37	39	0.9
Amhara	14	747	761	18.4
Oromiya	43	1805	1848	44.6
Somali	29	142	171	4.1
Benishangul	1	43	44	1.1
SNNP	50	786	836	20.2
Gambela	1	9	10	0.2
Harari	2	8	10	0.2
Addis Ababa	40	65	105	2.5
Dire Dawa	6	11	17	0.4
Place of residence
Urban	133	365	498	12.0	512.35(1), p-value = 0.000
Rural	83	3559	3647	88.0
Mother educational level
No education	62	2437	2500	60.3	253.09(3), p-value = 0.000
Primary	78	1201	1279	30.9
Secondary	48	206	254	6.1
Higher	32	80	112	2.7
Religion
Orthodox	92	1315	1407	33.9	11.99(5), p-value = 0.035
Catholic	0	41	41	1.0
Protestant	45	814	859	20.7
Muslin	81	1645	1726	41.6
Traditional	0	70	70	1.7
Other	3	39	42	1.0
Household wealth index (n = 4144)
Poorest	7	968	975	23.5	489.97(4), p-value = 0.000
Poorer	14	891	905	21.8
Middle	15	852	867	20.9
Richer	36	718	754	18.2
Richest	148	495	643	15.5
Listening to radio
Yes	105	1024	1129	27.2	48.41(1), p-value = 0.000
No	116	2900	3016	72.8
Watching television
Yes	138	625	763	18.4	301.404(1), p-value 0.000
No	83	3299	3382	81.6
Reading the newspaper or magazine
Yes	53	232	285	6.9	107.49(1), p-value = 0.000
No	167	3692	3859	93.1
Sex of child
Male	103	1877	1980	47.8	0.13(1), p-value = 0.722
Female	118	2047	2165	52.2
Diarrhea in the last two weeks (n = 4129)
Yes	39	631	670	16.2	0.35(1), p-value = 0.556
No	182	3277	3459	83.8
Toilet facility
Improved*	221	198	419	10.1	2075.95(1), p-value = 0.000
Unimproved	0	3726	3726	89.9
Source of drinking water
Improved	187	2143	2330	56.2	76.51(1), p-value = 0.000
Unimproved	34	1781	1815	43.8
Age of the child
0–5 months	46	1141	1187	28.6	7.13(3), p-value = 0.000
6–11 months	64	995	1059	25.5
12–17 months	62	1023	1085	26.2
18–23 months	49	765	814	19.6
Mother’s age
15–24	60	1156	1216	29.3	2.32(2), p-value = 0.314
25–34	123	1982	2105	50.8
> 34	38	786	824	19.9

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