Sociodemographic and economic characteristics of the participants on sociodemographic and institutional determinants of zinc bundled with ORS utilisation among under-five children with diarrhoeal diseases in the East Wallaga zone, western Ethiopia, 2022 (n=540)
| Variables | Categories | Frequency (%) |
| Age of respondents | 18–29 | 260 (48.1) |
| 30–39 | 232 (43.0) | |
| 40–49 | 48 (8.9) | |
| Sex | Male | 83 (15.4) |
| Female | 457 (84.6) | |
| Religion | Orthodox | 60 (11.1) |
| Protestant | 439 (81.3) | |
| Muslim | 38 (7.0) | |
| Others* | 3 (0.6) | |
| Ethnicity | Oromo | 520 (96.3) |
| Amhara | 11 (2.0) | |
| Tigre | 2 (0.4) | |
| Gurage | 7 (1.3) | |
| Marital status | Single | 11 (2.05) |
| Married | 494 (91.5) | |
| Divorced | 23 (4.3) | |
| Widowed | 12 (2.2) | |
| Occupation | Farmer | 190 (35.2) |
| Housewife | 230 (42.6) | |
| Merchant | 87 (16.1) | |
| Labourer | 11 (2.0) | |
| Others† | 22 (4.1) | |
| Educational status | Unable to read and write | 88 (16.3) |
| Read and write | 54 (10.0) | |
| Primary education (Grades 1–8) | 244 (45.2) | |
| Grades 9–12 | 122 (22.6) | |
| Diploma | 22 (4.1) | |
| Degree and above | 10 (1.9) | |
| Family size | <5 | 313 (58.0) |
| ≥5 | 227 (42.0) | |
| Under-five children in the household (n) | 1–2 | 447 (82.8) |
| 3–4 | 76 (14.1) | |
| 5–6 | 15 (2.8) | |
| >6 | 2 (0.4) | |
| Age of children (months) | 6–11 | 162 (30.0) |
| 12–23 | 270 (50.0) | |
| 24–59 | 108 (20.0) | |
| Sex of child | Male | 335 (62) |
| Female | 205 (38) | |
| Relationship with child | Mother | 452 (83.7) |
| Father | 16 (3) | |
| Grandmother | 11 (2) | |
| Grandfather | 16 (3) | |
| Auntie | 16 (3) | |
| Sister/brother | 29 (5.4) | |
| Household’s head | Male headed | 506 (93.7) |
| Female headed | 34 (6.3) | |
| Place of residence | Urban | 86 (15.9) |
| Rural | 454 (84.1) | |
| Monthly income (ETB) | 1651–3200 | 317 (58.7) |
| 3201–5250 | 149 (27.6) | |
| 5251–7800 | 52 (9.6) | |
| 7801–10 900 | 10 (1.9) | |
| >10 900 | 12 (2.2) |
*Catholic, Wakefata.
†Students, government employees.
ETB, Ethiopian birr; ORS, oral rehydration salt.