Table 3 Environmental, hygiene and sanitation characteristics of study participants in Deguatemben district, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, 2018
Variables | Category | Frequency (n = 502)* | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Access to latrine | Yes | 304 | 60.6 |
No | 198 | 39.4 | |
Latrine utilization(n = 304) | Yes | 295 | 97 |
No | 9 | 3 | |
Who use latrine(n = 295) | Adults | 21 | 7.1 |
Children | 4 | 1 | |
All family members | 270 | 91.8 | |
The solid waste disposal system | Proper pit | 306 | 61 |
Open field | 196 | 39 | |
Liquid waste disposal | Yes | 182 | 36.3 |
No | 320 | 63.7 | |
Food cooking | Kitchen | 79 | 15.7 |
Inside house | 423 | 84.3 | |
Window in kitchen(n = 79) | Yes | 75 | 94.9 |
No | 4 | 5.1 | |
Presence of animals in HH | Yes | 207 | 41.6 |
No | 295 | 58.4 | |
Animal’s living condition(n = 207) | Separate animal shed | 117 | 56 |
With humans | 90 | 44 | |
Source of energy for cooking | Wood/animal dung | 314 | 62.5 |
Electricity | 188 | 37.5 | |
Water source | Pipe | 97 | 19.3 |
Protected spring | 267 | 53 | |
Unprotected spring | 105 | 20.9 | |
River | 33 | 6.6 | |
Time spent to fetch water | Within compound | 97 | 19.3 |
Less than 30 min | 119 | 23.7 | |
30 to 59 min | 188 | 37.5 | |
More than 60 min | 98 | 19.5 | |
Amount of water /head/day | Less than 20 l | 197 | 39.2 |
20 to 60 l | 236 | 47 | |
More than 60 l | 69 | 13.7 | |
Frequency of face washing | More than one per day | 94 | 18.7 |
Only once per day | 384 | 76.5 | |
Not daily | 24 | 4.8 | |
Soap use | Yes | 372 | 74.1 |
No | 130 | 25.9 | |
Frequency of soap use(n = 372) | Always | 170 | 45.7 |
Some times | 202 | 54.3 |