Condition of Environment Sanitation, Characteristics of Mother and Children aged 0-59 months, and Its Conection to Diarrhea (The Analysis of Indonesia DHS 2007 Data)

This research is aimed to assess environmental sanitation, the characteristics of mother and children aged 0-59 months with incidence of diarrhea using data from Indonesia DHS of 2007. The sample size was 16.064 children aged 0-59 months with multivariate analysis using binary logistic regression. The results showed the incidence of diarrhea in children about 13.83%. The findings showed, the sanitary conditions of environmental factors, the main source of drinking water, the type of toilet and disposal of children excreta have been associated with diarrhea in children aged 0-59 months.
The children lived in a decent main source of drinking water-household having a lower diarrhea incidence than unfeasible source of drinking water. Children lived in households which toilet equipped with septic tanks have a lower incident of diarrhea than without it. The children whose mothers dump sludge eligible has a lower chance of diarrhea than throwing feces unqualify. The mother and children characteristics related to diarrhea are the level of mother education and children age. Well educated mother (high school and above) have a lower incidence of diarrhea than low educated (less or equal to the elementary school). Children aged 24-59 months have a lower incident of diarrhea than children aged 0-11 months and 12-23 months.