Table 3.

Characteristics of households in Sidama Zone, SNNPR sample compared with EDHS rural subsample

Variable	Study sample*(n=109)	EDHS 2011 (n=11 590)	P values
Household size, mean (SD)	5.4 (2.1)	4.9	<0.05
Living conditions
Use solid fuel for cooking†	109 (100)	11 474 (99.0)	ns
Dirt or dung floor	81 (74.3)	11 068 (95.5)	<0.001
Non-improved drinking water‡	21 (19.27)	6734 (58.1)	<0.001
Walk ≥30 min to drinking water	61 (56.0)	7232 (62.4)	<0.001
No electricity	78 (71.6)	11 034 (95.2)	<0.001
Access to information
No radio	50 (45.9)	7684 (66.3)	<0.001
No mobile phone	35 (32.1)	10 106 (87.2)	<0.001
No landline	109 (100)	11 567 (99.8)	ns
No television	107 (98.2)	11 463 (98.9)	ns
Access to transportation
No bicycle	108 (99.1)	11 428 (98.6)	ns
No motorcycle	107 (98.2)	11 578 (99.9)	<0.001
No vehicle	109 (100)	11 578 (99.9)	ns
No animal cart	108 (99.1)	11 463 (98.9)	ns
Means of livelihood
No refrigerator	109 (100)	11 520 (99.4)	ns
No agricultural land	25 (22.9)	1414 (12.2)	<0.001
No livestock	40 (36.7)	1217 (10.5)	<0.001

Results are presented as n (%) unless otherwise specified.

*Study sample had no missing data except Dirt or dung floor: 10 missing; owns land: 25 don’t know.

†Includes wood, charcoal, straw/shrubs/grass, agricultural crops and animal dung.

‡Includes piped into dwelling, piped to yard/plot, public tap/standpipe, borehole, protected well, protected spring, rainwater, bottled water.

EDHS, Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey; ns, not significant; SNNPR, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region.