Table 2 Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratio for determinants of mothers’ treatment-seeking behavior for diarrhea episode in Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 1227)
Characteristics | Unadjusted | Adjusted (backward elimination) * | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
COR (95% Cl) | p-value | AOR (95% CI) | p-value | |
Sex of the household head | ||||
Male | ||||
Female | 0.726 (1.081–2.758) | 0.022 | 2.182 (1.143–4.164) | 0.018 |
Family structure | ||||
Monogamous | ||||
Polygamous | 0.447 (.243–0.824) | 0.010 | 0.381 (0.188–0.770) | 0.007 |
Religion | ||||
Orthodox | ||||
Other | 0.616 (.440–0.864) | 0.005 | 0.545 (0.367–0.808) | 0.003 |
Women work status | ||||
Working | ||||
Not working | 0.642 (.454–0.909) | 0.012 | 0.672 (0.453–0.996) | 0.048 |
Intimate partners violence | ||||
No | ||||
Yes (at least one type of violence) | 2.086 (1.378–3.157) | 0.001 | 1.826 (1.152–2.893) | 0.010 |
Father’s literacy status | ||||
Literate | ||||
Illiterate | 0.679 (0.486–0.949) | 0.023 | 0.629 (0.417–0.949) | 0.027 |
Household wealth | ||||
Poorer and poorest | ||||
Medium | 1.785 (1.161–2.743) | 0.008 | ||
Richer and richest | 1.562 (1.072–2.277) | 0.020 | ||
Place of delivery | ||||
Institution | ||||
Home | 0.604 (0.429–0.851) | 0.004 | ||
Postnatal check | ||||
Yes | ||||
No | 0.570 (0.369–0.881) | 0.011 | ||
Children ever born | ||||
1–3 | ||||
4–6 | 0.574 (0.393–0.839) | 0.004 | ||
6 + | 0.678 (0.431–1.065) | 0.092 | ||
Birth order | ||||
First | ||||
Other | 0.773 (1.527–1.133) | 0.187 | ||
Immunization | ||||
Had at least one vaccination | ||||
Never had vaccination | 0.359 (0.196–0.660) | 0.001 | ||
Mothers’ literacy status | ||||
Literate | ||||
Illiterate | 0.562 (0.403–0.784) | 0.001 | ||
Residence | ||||
Urban | ||||
Rural | 0.566 (0.337–0.949) | 0.031 | ||
Wealth at community level (%) | 1.285 (1.075–1.536) | 0.006 | ||
Women education at the community level (mean years of schooling completed) | 1.224 (1.100–1.363) | 0.000 | 1.192 (1.055–1.347) | 0.005 |