Table 4.
Factors associated with the availability of improved sanitation facilities in 12th district of Kandahar city, 2019, showing crude and adjusted odds ratio.
| Independent variable | Categories | Availability of sanitation facility | Crude odds ratio (95% CI) | Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) | |
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| Improved | Unimproved | ||||
| Respondent's education | Educated | 292 | 38 | 2.12 (1.22–3.68) | — |
| Uneducated | 94 | 26 | 1 | — | |
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| House ownership | Private | 156 | 12 | 3.03 (1.56–5.87) | 2.99 (1.43–6.26) |
| Rent or lease | 227 | 52 | 1 | 1 | |
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| Latrine location | Inside | 372 | 51 | 6.77 (3.01–15.22) | 14.31 (3.59–56.99) |
| Outside | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | |
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| Individual household latrine | Yes | 14 | 13 | 1.87 (1.09–3.20) | 2.03 (1.04–3.95) |
| No | 372 | 51 | 1 | 1 | |
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| Latrine cleaning | Yes | 337 | 48 | 2.29 (1.20–4.34) | — |
| No | 49 | 16 | 1 | — | |
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| Handwashing after defecation | Yes | 328 | 52 | 3.39 (1.29–8.90) | — |
| No | 13 | 7 | 1 | — | |
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| Distance of latrine from water sources | ≥10 meters | 285 | 38 | 1.93 (1.11–3.34) | — |
| <10 meters | 101 | 26 | 1 | — | |
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| Number of latrines | More than one | 250 | 17 | 5.08 (2.81–9.19) | 5.04 (2.45–10.35) |
| One | 136 | 47 | 1 | 1 | |