Table 2. Overall pooled prevalence of point-of-use water treatment by type and preferences, among Ethiopian households.
POU | Pooled effect | ||
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Treatment technology | Sample size | POU treatment | Prevalence (95%CI) |
Boiling | 2949 | 1319 | 44.59 (27.04–62.15) |
Tafesse et al., 2021 [19] | |||
Admasie et al., 2022 [20] | |||
W/tsadik et al., 2022 [12] | |||
Bitew et al., 2017 [22] | |||
Belay et al., 2015 [23] | |||
Chemical + | 3985 | 1443 | 38.53 (19.33–67.72) |
Tafesse et al., 2021 [19] | |||
Admasie et al., 2022 [20] | |||
W/tsadik et al., 2022 [12] | |||
Belay et al., 2015 [23] | |||
Tsegaye et al., 2020 [15] | |||
Birara et al., 2018 [18] | |||
Settling | 2527 | 228 | 9.74 (1.73–17.84) |
Admasie et al., 2022 [20] | |||
Belay et al., 2015 [23] | |||
Bitew et al., 2017 [22] | |||
Filtration * | 1463 | 659 | 45.04 (26.9–59.16) |
W/tsadik et al., 2022 [12] | |||
Birara et al., 2018 [18] | |||
Tafesse et al., 2021 [19] |
Note: The prevalence is higher than 100 because some families coupled water treatment technologies.
+ adding chlorine, adding bleach.
*cloth filtration, sand filtration, gravel filtration, ceramic filter.