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. 2018 Mar 27;2018:8678561. doi: 10.1155/2018/8678561

Table 3.

Characteristics on behavior, lifestyle, health, and sanitation among school adolescents in Wolaita Sodo town, May 2015.

Variables (N=655) Level Frequency Percent
Work besides education Yes 81 12.4
No 574 87.6

Smoke cigarette Yes 2 0.3
No 653 99.7

Ever drink alcohol Yes 32 4.9
No 623 95.1

Latrine type (n=654) Dry pit 575 87.9
Flush toilet 79 12.1

Water source Safe 618 94.4
Unsafe 37 5.6

Cattle in the same house Yes 186 28.4
No 469 71.6

Brush teeth per day No 53 8.1
At least once 602 91.9

Hand wash before feeding Not at all 11 1.7
Sometimes 56 8.5
Usually 588 89.8

Menses (n=315) Yes 267 84.8
No 48 15.2

Illness in the last two weeks Yes 80 12.2
No 575 87.8

Any chronic illness Yes 10 1.5
No 645 98.5

Difficulty in seeing at night Yes 40 6.1
No 615 93.9

Neck swelling Yes 56 8.5
No 599 91.5