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 3

Bivariables intended to be used in therapeutic zinc utilization for the management of acute diarrhea morbidity among under-five children, EDHS 2016.

Variable	Categories	Therapeutic zinc supplementation		COR 95% CI	-value
	Treatment center	Given	Not given
Sex of child	Male	216 (19.8)	344 (31.5)	1.2 (1.12, 1.57)	0.034
	Female	9 (0.82)	335 (30.7)	1
Resident	Urban	58 (5.3)	128 (11.7)	1
	Rural	353 (32.3)	551 (50.5)	1.4 (1.12, 1.98)	0.028
Health insurance	Had	239 (21.9)	25 (2.3)	6.3(4.3, 9.4)	0.001
	No having	172 (15.7)	654 (60)	1
Media exposer	Yes	47 (4.3)	364 (33.4)	1
	No	100 (9.1)	579 (53.1)	1.39 (0.92, 1.9)	0.19
Electricity in house	Yes	56 (5.1)	355 (32.5)	2.1 (1.5, 2.99)	0.20
	No	172 (15.7)	507 (46.5)	1
Hand washing	Yes	336 (30.8)	347 (31.8)	4.2 (3.2, 5.7)	0.01
	No	75 (6.8)	332 (30.4)	1
Wealth index	Poor	199 (18.2)	223 (20.4)	1
	Rich	81 (7.4)	58 (5.3)	0.4 (0.341, 0.58)	0.56
Marital status	Married	382 (35.0)	607 (55.6)	1.6 (0.99, 2.44)	0.18
	Unmarried	29 (2.6)	72 (6.03)	1
Breastfeeding	Yes	149 (13.6)	234 (2.14)	1.1 (0.8, 1.39)	0.57
	No	262 (24.0)	445 (40..8)	1
ORS given for cases	Yes	226 (20.7)	144 (13.2)	4.53 (3.4, 5.93)	0.001
	No	185 (16.9)	535 (49.0)	1
Types of toilet used	Modern	197 (18.0)	357 (32.7)	0.31 (0.19, 0.479	0.03
	Traditional	203 (18.6)	291 (26.6)	1
IV fluid	Given	72 (6.6)	653 (59.9)	5.3 (3.34, 8.51)	0.01
	Not given	26 (2.3)	339 (31.1)	1
Home remedy as Rx	Given	5 (4.5)	406 (37.2)	1
	Not given	133 (12.2)	546 (50.0)	19.7 (10.02, 48.7)	0.001
Educational status	Had formal education	359 (32.9)	257 (23.5)	11.3 (8.1, 15.76	0.001
	Had no formal education	52 (4.7)	422 (38.7)	1
Hemoglobin	Anemic	73 (6.6)	338 (31.0)	1.46 (1.04, 2.2)	0.023
	Not anemic	87 (7.9)	592 (54.2)	1
Last children wanted	Yes	267 (24.5)	418 (38.4)	1.15 (0.89, 1.49)	0.026
	No	144 (13.2)	267 (24.9)	1
Region	Large central	350 (32.1)	633 (58.7)	1
	Small metropolitan	61 (5.5)	46 (4.2)	2.39 (1.6, 3.5)	0.001
Media exposure	Yes	106 (9.9)	305 (27.98)	2.9 (2.13, 3.95)
	No	87 (9.7)	592 (54.3)	1