Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants according to those with and without Diarrhea, Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI), and Malnutrition in Gondar Town, Ethiopia, (n = 866)
Variable/category | Diarrhea (n = 147) | p-value | ARI (n = 187) | p-value | Malnutrition (n = 125) | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes, n (%) | No, n (%) | Â | Yes, n, (%) | No, n (%) | Â | Yes, n (%) | No, n (%) | Â | |
Women age at enrolment in years | Â | Â | 0.571 | Â | Â | 0.057 | Â | Â | 0.947 |
 18–24 | 45 (30.6) | 236(32.8) |  | 51 (27.3) | 230(33.9) |  | 39 (31.2) | 242(32.7) |  |
 25–34 | 89 (60.5) | 436(60.6) |  | 117 (62.6) | 408(60.1) |  | 77 (61.6) | 448(60.5) |  |
  > =35 | 13 (8.8) | 47(6.5) |  | 19 (10.1) | 41(6.0) |  | 9 (7.2) | 51(6.8) |  |
Infant age (Mean(±SD) in months | 4.98 (1.04) | 4.73(1.29) | 0.024 | 4.82 (1.21) | 4.76(1.27) | 0.543 | 4.09 (1.41) | 4.9(1.19) | < 0.001 |
Household monthly income | Â | Â | 0.942 | Â | Â | 0.793 | Â | Â | 0.022 |
 Low | 70 (47.6) | 352(49.0) |  | 87 (46.5) | 335(49.3) |  | 71 (56.8) | 351(47.4) |  |
 Medium | 61 (41.5) | 294(40.9) |  | 80 (42.8) | 275(40.5) |  | 49 (39.2) | 306(41.3) |  |
 High | 16 (10.9) | 73(10.1) |  | 20 (10.7) | 69(10.2) |  | 5 (4.0) | 84(11.3) |  |
Women education | Â | Â | 0.201 | Â | Â | 0.091 | Â | Â | 0.028 |
 None | 25 (17.0) | 86(12.0) |  | 33 (17.6) | 78(11.5) |  | 19 (15.2) | 92(12.4) |  |
 Primary | 32 (21.8) | 191(26.6) |  | 43 (23.0) | 180(26.5) |  | 42 (33.6) | 181(24.4) |  |
 High school | 50 (34.0) | 272(37.8) |  | 62 (33.2) | 260(38.3) |  | 45 (36.0) | 277(37.4) |  |
 Tertiary | 40 (27.2) | 170(23.6) |  | 49 (26.2) | 161(23.7) |  | 19 (15.2) | 191(25.8) |  |
Women occupation | Â | Â | 0.079 | Â | Â | 0.661 | Â | Â | 0.101 |
 Domestic duties | 107 (72.8) | 510(70.9) |  | 133 (71.1) | 484(71.3) |  | 98 (78.4) | 519(70.0) |  |
 Student | 4 (2.7) | 9(1.2) |  | 1 (0.5) | 12(1.8) |  | 2 (1.6) | 11(1.5) |  |
 Government employee | 25 (17.0) | 99(13.8) |  | 28 (15.0) | 96(14.1) |  | 9 (7.2) | 115(15.5) |  |
 Self-employee | 11 (7.5) | 101(14.1) |  | 25 (13.4) | 87(12.8) |  | 16 (12.8) | 96(13.0) |  |
Women religion | Â | Â | 0.155 | Â | Â | 0.000 | Â | Â | 0.467 |
 Orthodox | 125 (85.0) | 575(80.0) |  | 176 (94.1) | 524(77.2) |  | 104 (83.2) | 596(80.4) |  |
 Muslim | 22 (15.0) | 144(20.0) |  | 11 (5.9) | 155(22.8) |  | 21 (16.8) | 145(19.6) |  |
Women marital status | Â | Â | 0.196 | Â | Â | 0.568 | Â | Â | 0.124 |
 Single | 3 (2.0) | 31(4.3) |  | 6 (3.2) | 28(4.1) |  | 8 (6.4) | 26(3.5) |  |
 Partnered | 144 (98.0) | 688(95.7) |  | 181 (96.8) | 651(95.9) |  | 117 (93.6) | 715(96.5) |  |
Difficulty accessing food in the last three months | 0.299 | Â | Â | 0.258 | Â | Â | 0.124 | ||
 Yes | 8 (5.4) | 26(3.6) |  | 10 (5.3) | 24(3.5) |  | 8 (6.4) | 26(3.5) |  |
 No | 139 (94.6) | 693(96.4) |  | 177 (94.7) | 655(96.5) |  | 117 (93.6) | 715(96.5) |  |