Table 4.

Water Insecurity among n = 422 Women’s Development Army leaders and members, rural Amhara, 2015

	1–30 Leaders (n = 73)	1–5 Leaders (n = 142)	1–5 Members (n = 207)	P-values
Drank water that might not be safe	43.8	40.8	38.6	0.496
Did not collect because it takes too long to queue	41.1	38	33.3	0.344
Slept very few hours due to early morning water collection	35.6	32.4	29	0.379
Worried about not having enough water for all household needs	34.2	29.6	34.8	0.794
Did not complete chores/work due to water collection	30.1	28.2	24.2	0.444
Borrowed water from a neighbor due to lack at home	28.8	29.6	24.2	0.673
Reduced water for drinking	27.4	28.9	26.6	0.985
Did not collect water because source was too far	26	23.2	27.5	0.996
Reduced water for cooking	21.9	19	18.8	0.555
Reduced water for bathing	21.9	16.9	21.3	0.636
Reduced water for making coffee/tella	19.2	16.2	17.4	0.641
Reduced water for washing clothes	19.2	16.9	20.3	0.958
Did not cook a desirable food due to lack of water	17.8	14.1	15.9	0.575
Did not collect because it was too dangerous/risky to go	17.8	17.6	11.1	0.370
Reduced water for washing utensils	13.7	14.1	19.8	0.432
Did not collect because there was not enough water at source	13.7	15.5	16.4	0.616
Reduced water for washing face, hands, and/or feet	12.3	11.3	15.5	0.746
Reduced water for cleaning house	11	10.6	13	0.796
Collected water from a dirty or undesirable source	11	9.9	11.6	0.986
Went to sleep thirsty	11	11.3	11.6	0.902
Quarreled with a neighbor or other person over water	5.5	4.2	4.3	0.755a
Went whole day without drinking water	5.5	2.8	5.8	0.762a
Water Insecurity score, mean (range)	4.7 (0–21)	4.3 (0–20)	4.4 (0–22)	0.661

^aFisher’s exact test