Table 2.

The sanitation and personal hygiene condition of studied children aged 6–59 months, Boricha District, Southern Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 622)

Variable	Categories	No (%)
The main source of drinking water	Protected	485 (78%)
	Unprotected	137 (22%)
Availability of toilet facility	yes	449 (72.2%)
	No	173 (27.8%)
Types of latrine	Pit latrine without slab	420 (67.5%)
	Pit latrine with slab	29 (4.7%)
Number of rooms used to sleep	One	408 (65.8%)
	Two	214 (34.2%)
Hand washing practice	Yes	394 (63.3%)
	no	228 (36.7%)
Shoes wearing habit	Yes	371 (`59.6%)
	No	251 (40.4%)
Practice of eating raw vegetable	Yes	184 (29.6%)
	No	438 (70.4%)