Characteristic

Had Diarrhea recently

Overall,

N (%)

p-value¹

Yes, N (%)

No, N (%)

Total

371 (4.9)

7167 (95.1)

Age of child ( in months)

0-11

200 (6.6)

2814 (93.4)

3014 (40.0)

< 0.001

12-23

123 (4.1)

2911 (95.9)

3034 (40.2)

24-59

48 (3.2)

1442 (96.8)

1490 (19.8)

Sex

0.162

Male

204 (5.3)

3674 (94.7)

3878 (51.4)

Female

167 (4.6)

3493 (94.4)

3660 (48.6)

Type of place

0.812

Urban

120 (4.9)

2276 (95.0)

2396 (31.8)

Rural

251 (5.0)

4891 (95.1)

5142 (61.2)

Region

< 0.001

Barisal

50 (5.7)

825 (94.3)

875 (11.6)

Chittagong

93 (6.4)

1358 (93.6)

1451 (19.2)

Dhaka

68 (5.1)

1261 (94.9)

1329 (17.6)

Khulna

29 (3.5)

791 (96.5)

820 (10.9)

Rajshahi

37 (4.0)

881 (96.0)

918 (12.2)

Rangpur

24 (2.6)

892 (97.4)

916 (12.2)

Sylhet

70 (5.7)

1159 (94.3)

1229 (16.3)

Mother’s education

0.045

No education

57 (4.9)

1107 (95.1)

1164 (15.4)

Primary incomplete

73 (6.1)

1124 (93.9)

1197 (15.9)

Primary complete

50 (5.6)

848 (94.4)

898 (11.9)

Secondary incomplete

142 (4.8)

2831 (95.2)

2973 (39.4)

Secondary complete

12 (4.6)

485 (97.6)

497 (6.6)

Higher

37 (2.4)

772 (95.4)

809 (10.7)

Wealth index

0.034

Poor

170 (5.6)

2890 (94.4)

3060 (40.6)

Middle

65 (4.5)

1389 (95.5)

1454 (19.3)

Rich

136 (4.5)

2888 (95.5)

3024 (40.1)

Religion

0.966

Islam

342 (4.9)

6583 (95.1)

6925 (91.9)

Hindu

26 (4.7)

528 (95.3)

554 (7.3)

Others

3 (5.1)

56 (94.9)

59 (0.8)

Source of drinking water

0.048

Tube well

285 (4.7)

529 (95.3)

814 (7.5)

Tab

35 (6.2)

5808 (93.8)

6093 (80.8)

Pond

12 (9.2)

119 (90.8)

131 (1.7)

Others

39 (5.2)

711 (94.8)

750 (9.9