Table 1. Associated factors affecting ethnic mothers’ knowledge, attitude and practice toward diarrhea

Information about mother		Knowledge			Attitude			Practice
		Poor (92)	Good (61)	P	Negative (54)	Positive (99)	P	Incorrect (91)	Correct (62)	P
Age group	Under 22	3	8	0.279	11	10	0.308	13	8	0.318
	From 22 to 35	71	53		39	85		70	54
	Over 35	8	0		4	4		8	0
Ethnic group	Dao	1	0	0.323	1	0	0.063	1	0	0.11
	Êđê	79	56		44	91		78	57
	H’Mông	1	0		1	0		0	1
	M’Nông	3	1		2	2		3	1
	Nùng	7	3		5	5		7	3
	Tày	1	1		1	1		2	0
Education level	No school	18	3	< 0.001	10	11	0.077	16	5	< 0.001
	Primary – secondary school	54	26		30	50		52	28
	High secondary school or higher	20	32		14	38		23	29
Occupation	Housewife	5	7	0.002	2	10	0.462	5	7	0.021
	Farming	85	39		50	74		79	45
	Business	0	1		0	1		0	1
	State employees	1	12		2	11		6	7
	Worker	1	2		0	3		1	2
Economic level	Poor	23	10	0.208	17	16	0.028	23	10	0.208
	Not poor	69	51		37	83		68	52
Access to information of diarrheal management	No	76	30	< 0.001	51	55	< 0.001	65	41	0.489
	Yes	16	31		3	44		26	21