Table 1 Prevalence of childhood diarrhoeal disease by socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of respondents in Uganda, UDHS (2016) [N = 13,573]
Characteristics | No diarrhoeal (n = 10,735) % | Had Diarrhoeal (n = 2838) % | P-value ^ |
|---|---|---|---|
Caregiver’s age in years | |||
15–24 | 3244 (73.7) | 1160 (26.3) | 0.000* |
25–34 | 5076 (80.7) | 1218 (19.4) | |
35–49 | 2415 (84.0) | 460 (16.0) | |
Caregiver’s education | |||
No education | 1501 (80.8) | 356 (19.2) | 0.069 |
Primary | 6687 (78.7) | 1809 (21.3) | |
Secondary | 1957 (78.4) | 538 (21.6) | |
Higher | 590 (81.4) | 135 (18.6) | |
Caregiver’s Martial status | |||
Single | 390 (76.3) | 121 (23.7) | 0.154 |
Married | 9317 (79.3) | 2427 (20.7) | |
Divorced/separated/widowed | 1028 (78.0) | 290 (22.0) | |
Residence | |||
Urban | 1918 (81.1) | 446 (18.9) | 0.007* |
Rural | 8817 (78.7) | 2392 (21.3) | |
Region | |||
Central | 2984 (77.2) | 880 (22.8) | 0.000* |
East | 1421 (82.8) | 296 (17.2) | |
North | 2595 (74.6) | 883 (25.4) | |
West | 3735 (82.7) | 779 (17.3) | |
Caregiver’s employment status | |||
Yes | 8576 (72.2) | 587 (21.4) | 0.500 |
No | 2159 (78.6) | 2251 (20.8) | |
Caregiver’s sex (Household head) | |||
Male | 8173 (79.4) | 2116 (20.6) | 0.082 |
Female | 2562 (78.0) | 722 (22.00) | |
Religion | |||
Catholic | 7695 (79.2) | 2016 (20.8) | 0.791 |
Muslim | 1310 (78.1) | 367 (21.9) | |
Protestant | 1576 (79.1) | 416 (20.9) | |
Others | 137 (80.6) | 33 (19.4) | |
No religion | 17 (73.9) | 6 (26.1) | |
Age of child (years) | |||
0 | 2137 (70.0) | 918 (30.1) | 0.000* |
1 | 1922 (68.6) | 879 (31.4) | |
2 | 2115 (79.9) | 531 (20.1) | |
3 | 2245 (88.1) | 302 (11.9) | |
4 | 2316 (91.8) | 208 (7.3 | |
Child’s sex | |||
Male | 5291 (77.8) | 1510 (22.2) | 0.000** |
Female | 5444 (80.4) | 1328 (19.6) | |
Number of children < 5 in a household | |||
Up to 2, | 8105 (78.9) | 2173 (21.1) | 0.238 |
3, and more | 2630 (79.8) | 665 (20.2) | |
Duration of breastfeeding | |||
Never | 233 (86.9) | 35 (13.1) | 0.000* |
Still breastfeeding | 3432 (69.0) | 1542 (31.0) | |
Ever breastfeeding | 7070 (84.9) | 1261 (15.1) | |
Wealth index | |||
Lowest | 2843 (77.3) | 836 (22.7) | 0.001* |
Second | 2375 (78.6) | 647 (21.4) | |
Middle | 2092 (79.5) | 541 (20.6) | |
Fourth | 1787 (79.8) | 452 (20.2) | |
Highest | 1638 (81.9) | 362 (18.1) | |
Internet use | |||
Yes | 558 (79.6) | 143 (20.4) | 0.733 |
No | 10,177 (79.1) | 2695 (20.9) | |
Housing status | |||
Sand | 7536 (78.7) | 2044 (21.3) | 0.075 |
Wood | 55 (76.4) | 17 (23.6) | |
Concrete | 2843 (80.5) | 687 (19.5) | |
Others | 301 (77.0) | 90 (23.0) | |
Number of family members | |||
1–9 households | 9525 (79.0) | 2526 (21.0) | 0.630 |
10–18 households | 1185 (79.6) | 303 (20.4) | |
19–27 households | 25 (73.5) | 9 (26.5) | |
TV | |||
Yes | 1335 (85.2) | 290 (17.9) | 0.004* |
No | 9133 (78.7) | 2467 (21.3) | |
Radio | |||
Yes | 5865 (80.9) | 1382 (19.1) | 0.000* |
No | 4603(77.0) | 1375 (23.0) | |
Car | |||
Yes | 321(84.5) | 59 (15.5) | 0.019* |
No | 10,147(79.0) | 2698 (21.00) | |
Electricity | |||
Yes | 2419 (80.5) | 587 (19.5) | 0.071 |
No | 8049 (78.8) | 2170 (21.2) | |