Table 2 Prevalence of safe child feces disposal by background characteristics in Ethiopia: From the EDHS 2011

Region

  Tigray

493

243

32.99 (29.73-36.53)

  Affar

78

38

32.55 (24.91-42.02)

  Amhara

1947

598

23.49 (21.88-25.17)

  Oromiya

3386

1462

30.15 (28.88-31.46)

  Somali

222

121

35.26 (30.35-40.45)

  Benishangul-Gumuz

78

57

42.07 (34.1-50.68)

  SNNP

1245

1139

47.77 (45.76-49.76)

  Gambela

27

8

22.73 (11.22-38.83)

  Harari

17

10

36.84 (20.58-56.15)

  Addis Ababa

54

153

74.01 (67.97-79.89)

  Dire Dawa

21

16

41.86 (28.09-59.42)

Residence

  Urban

551

863

61.03 (58.47-63.55)

  Rural

7,019

2,981

29.81 (28.92-30.72)

Wealth index

  Poorest

2,155

459

17.56 (16.14-19.05)

  Poorer

1932

617

24.21 (22.57-25.9)

  Medium

1602

762

32.25 (30.37-34.14)

  Richer

1,225

979

44.41 (42.35-46.5)

  Richest

655

1,026

61.03 (58.69-63.35)

Mother educational status

  No education

5,697

2,253

28.34 (27.36-29.34)

  Primary

1,754

1,314

42.83 (41.09-44.59)

  Secondary

84

156

64.90 (58.8-70.84)

  Higher education

34

120

78.14 (70.86-83.94)

Father education

  No education

4,068

1,578

27.94 (26.77-29.11)

  Primary

3,008

1,691

35.99 (34.62-37.37)

  Secondary

248

308

55.31 (51.24-59.49)

  Higher education

128

231

64.38 (59.28-69.18)

Age of the child

  <12 months

1766

584

24.88 (23.13-26.62)

  12-23 months

1227

670

35.32 (33.19-37.49

  24-35 months

1311

720

35.46 (33.41-37.57)

  36-47 months

1550

788

33.70 (31.81-35.64)

  48-59 months

1329

897

40.32 (38.27-42.35)

Mother’s age

  15-24

1881

836

30.77 (29.05-32.52)

  25-34

3877

2063

34.73 (33.53-35.95)

  ≥35

1811

944

34.26 (32.51-36.05)

Number of under five old children

  One

2295

1590

40.92 (39.39-42.48)

  Two

3655

1757

32.47 (31.23- 33.72)

  Three

1319

423

24.28 (22.31- 26.34)

  Four and above

156

30

16.32 (11.36- 21.95)

Religion

  Orthodox

2999

1324

30.62 (29.27-32.01)

  Catholic

42

59

58.17 (48.63-67.73)

  Protestant

1,536

1115

42.05 (40.17-43.93)

  Muslim

2,806

1,263

31.05 (29.63- 32.47)

  Traditional

89

29

24.66 (17.45-32.94)

Marital status

  Single

50

17

25.46 (16.05-36.78)

  Married

7,034

3,592

33.81 (32.91-34.71)

  Widowed

129

73

36.12 (29.73-42.94)

  Divorced

356.

161

31.12 (27.26-35.23)

Water source

  Piped water

2,348

1,734

42.48 (40.96-43.99)

  Other improved

672

374

35.74 (32.86-38.66)

  Un improved

446

149

24.97 (21.68-28.64)

Latrine type

  Improved

402.

423

51.29 (47.86-54.68)

  Unimproved

6,934

3,346

32.55 (31.65-33.46)

Reading the newspaper

  Yes

376

479

56.00 (52.61-59.26)

  No

7,188

3,363

31.87 (30.99- 32.76)

Listening radio

  Yes

3,540

2,154

37.83 (36.58-39.1)

  No

4,024

1,687

29.54 (28.37-30.73)

Watching TV

  Yes

2,124

1,591

42.84 (41.23-44.41)

  No

5,430

2,251

29.30 (28.3-30.33)

Visited by family planning health worker in the past one year

  Yes

1,269

910.

41.78 (39.7- 43.84)

  No

6,292

2,933

31.79 (30.84-32.74)

Visited health institution in the last 12 months

  Yes

2,738

1,775

39.34 (37.91-40.76)

  No

4,823

2,067

30.00 (28.93-31.09)

Diarrhea in the last two weeks

  Yes

979

533

35.22 (32.87-37.69)

  No

6,195

3,127

33.55 (32.59-34.5)

Total

7,570

3,844

33.68 (32.82-34.55)