Table 2.
Knowledge on iodized salt at the household level in Western Amhara, Ethiopia, 2018 (N=700).
| Variable | Category | Frequency | Percentage |
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| Knowledge | Poor | 499 | 71.3 |
| Good | 201 | 28.7 | |
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| Heard about iodized salt | No | 471 | 67.3 |
| Yes | 229 | 32.7 | |
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| Heard from school | No | 630 | 90 |
| Yes | 70 | 10 | |
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| Heard from health workers | No | 628 | 89.7 |
| Yes | 72 | 10.3 | |
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| Heard from mass media | No | 576 | 82.3 |
| Yes | 124 | 17.7 | |
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| Heard from friends or relatives | No | 647 | 92.4 |
| Yes | 53 | 7.6 | |
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| Heard from training | No | 696 | 99.4 |
| Yes | 4 | 0.6 | |
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| Purchased the salt | Weekly market | 37 | 5.2 |
| From the shop | 643 | 91.9 | |
| Supermarket | 20 | 2.8 | |
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| Use cover for their salt container | No | 102 | 14.5 |
| Yes | 598 | 85.4 | |
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| Expose salts to sunlight | No | 235 | 33.6 |
| Yes | 465 | 66.4 | |
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| Washing the salt with water | No | 549 | 78.4 |
| Yes | 151 | 21.6 | |
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| Packaging | No | 542 | 77.4 |
| Yes | 158 | 22.6 | |