Tab. III.
Factors associated with availability of sanitation facilities in Enderta district, North Ethiopia.
| Variables | Availability of latrine |
X2-test | AOR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No: n (%) | Yes: n (%) | |||
| Family size | ||||
| 1-4 > 4 |
75 (38.1) 67 (26.5) |
122 (61.9) 186 (73.5) |
1 6.9** |
1 1.72(1.13, 2.61)* |
| Informed by HPs | ||||
| No Yes |
18 (50.0) 124 (29.9) |
18 (50.0) 290 (70.1) |
1 6.2* |
1 2.96 (1.44, 6.09)** |
| Informed by HEWs | ||||
| No Yes |
100 (41.2) 42 (20.3) |
143(58.8) 165(79.7) |
1 22.5*** |
1 2.21 (1.40, 3.47)** |
| Informed by HDAs | ||||
| No Yes |
121 (37.0) | 206 (63.0) | 1 | 1 |
| 21 (17.1) | 102 (82.9) | 16.4*** | 2.32 (1.31, 4.09)** | |
| Source of information about latrine | ||||
| Not heard from any of the (HP, HEW, HDA) Heard from one of (HP, HEW, HDA) Heard from two Heard from three of them |
5 (55.6) 99 (43.4) 26 (21.1) 12 (13.3) |
4 (44.4) 129 (56.6) 97 (78.9) 78 (86.7) |
5.9a*** | - |
| Availability of hand washing facility | X2-test | AOR (95% CI) | ||
| No: n (%) | Yes: n (%) | |||
| Family size | ||||
| 1-4 > 4 |
103 (84.4) 139 (74.7) |
19 (15.6) 47 (25.3) |
4.1* | 1.8 (1.00, 3.32)* |
| Informed by HDAs | ||||
| No Yes |
152 (73.8) 90 (88.2) |
54 (26.2) 12 (11.8) |
8.5** | 0.37(0.19, 0.74)** |
HPs: health professionals; HDAs: health development armies; HEWs: health extension workers; AOR: adjusted odds ratio;
a: trend Chi-square test; significant at p-value:
*< 0.05
**< 0.01
***< 0.001.