Table 2.

Socio-demographic characteristics and magnitude of unimproved sanitation services in Ethiopia, 2019 EMDHS.

Variables	Categories	Safely managed sanitation services		Total weighted frequency (%)
		Unimproved (%) n = 6,950.6(80.23)	Improved (%) n = 1,712.4(19.77)
Sex of household head	Male	5546.9 (82.2)	1204.5 (17.8)	6751.4 (78)
	Female	1403.8 (73.4)	507.9 (26.6)	1911.7 (22)
Age of household head (years)	15–30	1772.4 (78.2)	493.22 (21.8)	2265.62 (26.2)
	31–46	2481.9 (80.8)	589.83 (19.2)	3071.73 (35.5)
	47–62	1623.7 (80.4)	395.8 (19.6)	2019.5 (23.3)
	≥ 63	1072.7 (82.1)	233.53 (17.8)	1306.23 (15.1)
Household family size	1–3	2,139.1 (75.7)	688.5 (24.3)	2,827.6 (32.6)
	4–6	3,141.4 (81.2)	728 (18.8)	3,869.6 (44.7)
	≥ 7	1,670.1 (85)	295 (15)	1,965.8 (22.7)
Have radio	Yes	1770.1 (73.4)	640.6 (26.6)	2410.7 (27.8)
	No	5180.5 (82.8)	1071.8 (17.2)	6252.3 (72.2)
Have television	Yes	588.1 (40.3)	869.6 (59.7)	1457.7 (16.8)
	No	6362.5 (88.3)	842.7 (11.7)	7205.2 (83.2)
Wealth index	Poor	2931 (93.6)	201.8 (6.4)	3132.8 (36.2)
	Middle	1516.3 (90.5)	158.9 (9.5)	1675.2 (19.3)
	Rich	2503.3 (64.9)	1351.7 (35.1)	3855 (44.5)
Community level variables
Residency	Urban	1533.2 (57.6)	1130.8 (42.4)	2664 (30.8)
	Rural	5417 (90.3)	581.6 (9.7)	5998.6 (69.2)
Region	Small peripherals	487.8 (76.7)	147.9 (23.3)	635.7 (7.3)
	Larger central	6373.8 (84.2)	1195.7 (15.8)	7569.5 (87.4)
	Metropolis	89.0 (19.4)	368.8 (80.6)	457.8 (5.3)
Source of drinking water	Improved	4485.5 (75.3)	1467.7 (24.7)	5953.2 (68.7)
	Unimproved	2465.1 (91)	244.7 (9)	2709.8 (31.3)
Time to get drinking water	On premises	773.3 (43.9)	988.7 (56.1)	1762 (20.3)
	≤ 30 min	4310.9 (90.4)	458.9 (9.6)	4769.8 (55)
	> 30 min	1866.4 (87.6)	264.7 (12.4)	2131.1 (24.6)