DETERMINANT OF DIARRHEA ON CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS IN INDONESIA (ADVANCED ANALYSIS IDHS 2012)

Abstract

Background: Diarrhea was the second leading cause of death in children under five years old and has killed about 760,000 children each year. Distribution of mortality in the world expressed diarrhea remains a leading cause of death in children under 5 years of 15%. toddler age group was the highest group had diarrhea with diarrhea incidence in Indonesia amounted to 10.2%. The purpose of this study is to analyse the factors that influence the incidence of diarrhea in children under five in Indonesia.

Methods: This study used a cross-sectional study design. The data used secondary data IDHS 2012 with a population of infants (0-59 months) some 45 607 people and a sample of 14.752 children under five in Indonesia. Data analysis was performed using univariate, bivariate, and multivariate logistic regression using a complex sample multiple predictive models.

Results: 15.2% of children under five with diarrhea. The results of the analysis bivariar shows that there is a relationship variables maternal age (PR 2,015), maternal education (PR 1,475), area of ​​residence (PR 1,177), mother's occupation (PR 0,817), socioeconomic (PR 1,703), population density (PR 1,168), the source of drinking water (PR 1,178), the type of excreta disposal site (PR 1,211), the type of floor house (PR 1,188), and the child's gender (PR 1,172) and the incidence of diarrhea in children under five.

Conclusion: The most dominant variable related to the incidence of diarrhea in infants are maternal age after the controlled variable mother's occupation, income/wealth index, population density, and sex of the child (PR 1.911).

Keyword : Diarrhea, Children Under Five Years, Indonesia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26553/jikm.2016.7.1.64-72