. 2024 Jul 12;79(Suppl 1):S53–S62. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae274

Table 6.

Household Characteristics Associated With Basic Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Status in Shashemene Town and Shashemene Woreda, 2022

Characteristic	AOR (95% CI)
Characteristic	Basic Drinking Water Source	Basic Sanitation	Basic Hygiene
Sex of respondent
Male	1.0	1.0	1.0
Female	1.32 (.86–2.03)	0.52 (.33–.81)^a	0.65 (.42–.99)^a
Residence
Shashemene Town	53.93 (25.64–113.46)^a	0.35 (.21–.63)^a	7.94 (4.24–14.85)^a
Shashemene Woreda	1.0	1.0	…
Educational level of HH head
Cannot read and write	1.0	1.0	1.0
Primary complete	0.93 (.49–1.74)	2.01 (1.11–3.65)^a	0.56 (.29–1.08)
Secondary complete	1.55 (.73–3.29)	1.85 (.88–3.88)	0.57 (.27–1.19)
Tertiary complete	2.60 (.91–7.45)	1.30 (.55–3.07)	0.20 (.08–.46)^a
Distance from water source
<1000 m	NE^b	1.10 (.67–1.79)	1.59 (.79–3.19)
≥1000 m	NE^b	1.0	1.0
No. of people sharing drinking water
<10	NE^b	0.09 (.04–.22)^a	0.97 (.54–1.72)
10–49		0.05 (.02–.14)^a	1.24 (.61–2.52)
≥50		0.02 (.01–.06)^a	2.55 (1.34–4.84)^a
Not shared		1.0	1.0
Respondent age (in years)	0.99 (.97–1.01)	1.00 (.98–1.01)	0.99 (.97–1.00)
No. of people in HH
<5	1.43 (.58–3.56)	0.57 (.21–1.57)	0.53 (.21–1.33)
5–10	1.49 (.62–3.61)	0.66 (.24–1.81)	0.41 (.16–1.03)
≥10	1.0	1.0	1.0
Wealth index ^c
Low	1.0	1.0	1.0
Middle	1.78 (1.12–2.83)^a	4.21 (2.64–6.71)^a	1.18 (.71–1.98)
High	2.72 (1.51–4.92)^a	6.78 (3.58–12.84)^a	2.84 (1.65–4.87)^a
Know the importance of proper waste disposal
Yes	0.73 (.45–1.21)	2.04 (1.20–3.47)^a	1.92 (.95–3.85)
No	1.0	1.0	1.0

Abbreviations: AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; HH, household; NE, not estimated.

^aSignificant at α = .05.

^bNot estimated because the variables were used in the computation of the outcome as composite variable.

^cThe wealth index was constructed from a composite variable and categorized as low for scores below the 50th percentile, middle for scores above the 50th and below the 75th percentile, and high for scores at the 75th percentile or above.