Table 1 Characteristics of the caregivers among refugee and host communities in Gambella Region, Ethiopia, 2016
Variable | Refugee community | Host community | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 854 | n = 813 | ||||
Freq. | % | Freq. | % | ||
Caregiver sex | |||||
Male | 46 | 5.4 | 23 | 2.8 | |
Female | 808 | 94.6 | 790 | 97.2 | |
Caregiver’s age group (year) | |||||
≤ 24 | 232 | 27.2 | 263 | 32.4 | |
25–34 | 447 | 52.3 | 436 | 53.6 | |
≥ 35 | 175 | 20.5 | 114 | 14.0 | |
Family size | |||||
< 5 | 234 | 27.4 | 213 | 26.2 | |
≥ 5 | 620 | 72.6 | 600 | 73.8 | |
Caregiver’s marital status | |||||
Married | 735 | 86.1 | 709 | 87.2 | |
Single | 27 | 3.2 | 20 | 2.5 | |
Divorced | 40 | 4.7 | 37 | 4.6 | |
Widowed | 52 | 6.1 | 47 | 5.8 | |
Ethnicity | |||||
Agnuak | 213 | 24.9 | 689 | 84.8 | |
Nuer | 641 | 75.1 | 90 | 11.1 | |
Others | – | – | 34 | 4.2 | |
Caregiver education level | |||||
No formal education | 461 | 54.0 | 373 | 45.9 | |
Primary school (grades 1 to 8) | 264 | 30.9 | 245 | 30.1 | |
Secondary school (grades 9 to 12) | 63 | 7.4 | 113 | 13.9 | |
Diploma and above | 66 | 7.7 | 82 | 10.1 | |
Described diarrhea signs and symptoms | |||||
One sign or symptom | 310 | 36.3 | 259 | 31.9 | |
Two signs or symptoms | 348 | 40.8 | 340 | 41.8 | |
Three or more signs or symptoms | 140 | 16.4 | 155 | 19.1 | |
Did not describe | 56 | 6.7 | 59 | 7.3 | |
Usual source of health information | |||||
Health institutions | 358 | 41.9 | 342 | 42.1 | |
Community health workers | 286 | 33.5 | 277 | 34.1 | |
Schools | 35 | 4.1 | 21 | 2.6 | |
Mass media (radio, TV) | 30 | 3.5 | 30 | 3.7 | |
Do not know | 145 | 17.0 | 143 | 17.6 | |
Health education attended within the last 3 months | |||||
Yes | 233 | 27.3 | 234 | 28.8 | |
No | 378 | 44.3 | 352 | 43.3 | |
Do not remember | 243 | 28.4 | 227 | 27.9 | |
Health education topic attended last | |||||
HIV and other STDs | 56 | 23.7 | 70 | 29.8 | |
Vaccination | 52 | 22.0 | 63 | 26.8 | |
Child feeding | 50 | 21.2 | 42 | 17.9 | |
Diarrhea | 46 | 19.5 | 32 | 13.6 | |
WASH | 26 | 11.0 | 17 | 7.2 | |
Others | 6 | 2.5 | 11 | 4.7 | |
Outcome of diarrhea described | |||||
Not described | 4 | 0.5 | 4 | 0.5 | |
One outcome | 116 | 13.6 | 92 | 11.2 | |
Two or more outcome | 734 | 85.9 | 717 | 88.2 | |
Which treatments of diarrhea disease you know? | |||||
Homemade fluids | Yes | 83 | 9.7 | 44 | 5.4 |
No | 771 | 90.3 | 769 | 94.6 | |
Oral rehydrating solution (ORS) | Yes | 688 | 80.1 | 684 | 84.1 |
No | 166 | 19.9 | 129 | 15.9 | |
Anti-diarrheal therapeutic medication such as antibiotics, Zn | Yes | 401 | 47.0 | 331 | 40.7 |
No | 453 | 53.0 | 482 | 59.3 | |
Herbal medicine | Yes | 39 | 4.6 | 36 | 4.4 |
No | 815 | 95.4 | 777 | 95.6 | |
Do not know | Yes | 203 | 23.8 | 217 | 26.7 |
No | 651 | 76.2 | 596 | 73.3 | |
ORS preparation procedure described | |||||
Correct | 268 | 31.4 | 195 | 24.0 | |
Incorrect | 586 | 68.6 | 618 | 76.0 | |
Diarrhea prevention methods described | |||||
One | 47 | 5.5 | 33 | 4.1 | |
Two or more | 803 | 94.0 | 775 | 95.3 | |
None | 4 | 0.5 | 5 | 0.6 | |