Does Therapeutic Zinc Level of Supplementation for Diminutions of Acute Diarrheal Morbidity Varied in Public and Private Health Institutions in Ethiopia, Data from EDHS 2016?

Table 1

Baseline sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the study participants.

Variables	Categories	Weighted frequency	Percent
Sex of children	Male	560	51.38
	Female	530	48.62
Caregivers age group	15-19	2	0.18
	20-24	26	2.39
	25-29	185	16.97
	30-34	178	16.33
	35-39	267	24.50
	40-44	251	23.03
	≥45	181	16.61
Marital status	Married	989	90.73
	Unmarried	101	9.3
Residents	Urbane	186	17.06
	Rural	904	82.94
Regions	Large central	988	90.2
	Metropolitan	45	4.13
	Small peripheral	57	5.23
Educational status	Had no formal education	439	40.3
	Have formal education	651	59.7
Types of toilet	Modern	554	50.83
	Traditional	494	45.32
	Shared	15	1.38
	Not having at all	27	2.48
Having electricity	Yes	862	79.08
	No	228	20.92
Washing hand before feeding	Yes	683	62.66
	No	407	37.34
Wealth index	Poorest	422	38.72
	Poorer	139	12.75
	Middle	134	12.29
	Richer	159	14.59
	Richest	236	21.65
Health insurance	Yes	264	24.22
	No	826	75.78
Breastfeeding status	Yes	383	35.14
	No	707	64.8
TV in house	Yes	147	13.49
	No	943	86.51
Radio in house	Yes	243	22.29
	No	847	77.7
Wanted last children	Yes	685	62.8
	No	405	37.2
Levels of anemia	Anemic	160	14.7
	No anemic	930	85.3
Maternal occupations	No working	630	57.8
	Working	460	42.2
Family size	<5	387	35.5
	≥5	703	64.5