PENGARUH AKSES PENYEDIAAN AIR BERSIH TERHADAP KEJADIAN DIARE PADA BALITA

Inappropriate and inadequate clean water supply can cause considerable water borne diseases, especially diarrhoea. This illness often bring about an outbreak and as the main death cause of children under five years old. This study is the advanced analysis of the baseline health research (riskesdas) data held in 2007. The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of clean water supply towards diarrhoea incidence of the group age. The sample was all children under five years old in Indonesia that were chosen as the sample of Riskesdas 2007 and as thecompleted data with the drinking water supply. As dependent variable is diarrhoea to children under five years old, whereas the independent variables are the quantity of water usage, the physical quality of water, the access for water, the kind of facilities, ownership of latrine, latrinetype, mother hand washing behavior, mother educational level, mothers profession, the age and gender of the children under five years old. Data set was analyzed by logistic regression with the complex design approach. The result showed that the physical quality of water, the access for water, and the amount of water consumption influence diarrhoea incidence among the children under five years old after controlled by mother educational level, the ownership and type of latrine, and children's sex. Keywords: drinking water, sanitation, diarrhea, behavior.