Table 1 Descriptive statistics of mothers’ care-seeking for their children’s diarrhea and ARI episodes during the 2 weeks preceding the survey date in Ethiopia, 2016

Sex of the household head

 Male

9494 (86.1)

449 (41.3)

283 (24.8)

 Female

1529 (13.9)

75 (52.8)

66 (47.1)

Residence

 Urban

1216 (11.0)

74 (58.7)

50 (53.8)

 Rural

9807 (89.0)

450 (40.9)

299 (25.2)

Family structure

 Monogamous

9243 (83.9)

451 (43.5)

283 (26.4)

 Polygamous

1219 (11.1)

42 (35.3)

40 (25.6)

Place of delivery

 Institution

1216 (11.0)

200 (52.2)

155 (42.9)

 Home

9807 (89.0)

324 (38.3)

194 (21.1)

Religion

 Orthodox Christians

3772 (34.2)

203 (45.0)

138 (29.2)

 Other

7251 (65.8)

321 (41.3)

210 (26.0)

Mothers work status

 Working

2988 (27.1)

181 (48.4)

135 (34.7)

 Not working

8035 (72.9)

343 (40.2)

214 (24.0)

Postnatal check

 No postnatal check for most recent birth

9706 (88.1)

98 (50.0)

79 (42.9)

 Had post-natal check for most recent birth

1316 (11.9)

426 (41.3)

270 (24.6)

Intimate partners violence

 No

2763 (25.1)

112 (38.6)

65 (19.1)

 Yes, at least one type of violence

8259 (74.9)

412 (44.0)

284 (30.2)

Children ever born

 1–3

4836 (43.9)

292 (48.8)

172 (30.8)

 4–6

3732 (33.9)

155 (36.6)

107 (24.7)

 6 + 

2454 (22.2)

77 (37.4)

70 (24.3)

Birth order

 First

2058 (18.7)

110 (44.0)

93 (36.0)

 Other

8965 (81.3)

413 (42.3)

255 (25.0)

Household wealth

 Poorer and poorest

5156 (46.8)

200 (37.2)

129 (23.1)

 Medium

2280 (20.7)

103 (38.4)

75 (24.0)

 Richer and richest

3587 (32.5)

221 (52.4)

144 (35.2)

Immunization

 Had at least one vaccination

9616 (87.2)

477 (43.4)

326 (29.1)

 Never had vaccination

1407 (12.8)

47 (36.4)

22 (13.8)

Mothers’ literacy status

 Literate

3739 (33.9)

352 (38.8

247 (24.7)

 Illiterate

7284 (66.1)

172 (53.9)

102 (36.4)

Fathers’ literacy status

 Literate

5385 (48.9)

290 (44.0)

209 (30.8)

 Illiterate

5637 (51.1)

234 (41.1)

140 (23.3)