Factors Affecting the Presence of Adequately Iodized Salt at Home in Wolaita, Southern Ethiopia: Community Based Study

Table 2

Households practices of respondents in salt utilization, Wolaita Sodo town and its peripheries, Southern Ethiopia 2016.

Variables ()		Frequencies	Percentage
Do you use iodized salt to preserve food?	Yes	8	1.8
	I do not preserve food	390	88.6
	I do not know what salt to use	42	9.6
What type of salt do you buy in general?	Bulk	391	88.9
	Packaged	49	11.1
Place of salt storage	Dry place	382	86.8
	Moisture area	36	8.2
	Fire area	22	5.0
Duration of salt storage at household level	<1 week	342	77.7
	1–4 weeks	89	20.2
	5–9 weeks	7	1.6
	>10 weeks	2	0.5
What type of salt storage do you use?	Storage with cover	327	74.3
	Storage without cover	52	11.8
	Plastic salt bag	59	13.4
	Other s	2	0.5
Do you expose salt to sun light?	Yes	114	25.9
	No	326	74.1
How often do you buy salt?	Once in a week	349	79.3
	Once a month	91	20.7
When do you add salt to food?	At the beginning	115	26.1
	In between cooking	166	37.7
	At the end of cooking	159	36.1