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. 2020 Aug 8;20:1214. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09313-0

Table 2.

Distribution of housing and environmental factors index (HAEFI) by housing characteristics and access to different public services (n = 2215 households) in KA-HDSS, Tigray, Ethiopia

Characteristics Distribution of HAEFI* (row %) Total Frequency
(Column %)
Quintile 1 Quintile2 Quintile 3 Quintile 4 Quintile 5
Floor Unimproved 30.7 19.0 21.2 16.1 13.0 2026 (91.5)
Improved 0.0 0.0 1.0 3.2 95.8 189 (8.5)
Wall Unimproved 34.9 21.6 24.1 15.6 3.8 1781 (80.4)
Improved 0.0 0.0 0.4 12.7 86.9 434 (19.6)
Roof Unimproved 37.3 18.3 21.0 13.7 9.7 1221 (55.1)
Improved 16.8 16.2 17.5 16.7 32.8 994 (44.9)
Access to electricity No 33.1 20.0 19.0 15.3 12.6 1879 (84.8)
Yes 0.0 2.4 22.0 13.4 62.2 336 (15.2)
Access to Media No 5.8 39.9 10.8 26.4 17.1 659 (29.8)
Yes 37.5 7.8 23.1 10.2 21.3 1556 (70.2)
Kitchen No 32.9 16.5 18.7 13.2 18.7 614 (27.7)
Yes 26.2 17.7 19.7 15.7 20.6 1601 (72.3)
Access to water Unimproved 0.0 0.0 33.8 28.1 38.0 949 (42.8)
Improved 49.1 30.3 8.7 5.2 6.6 1266 (57.2)
Access to latrine Unimproved 23.8 20.6 16.5 17.4 21.7 1716 (77.5)
Improved 42.9 6.2 29.5 7.0 14.4 499 (22.5)
Cooking fuel unclean/biomass 29.1 18.0 20.1 15.5 17.3 2139 (96.6)
clean/non-biomass 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 98.7 76 (3.4)

*HAEFI Housing and environmental factors index