Research Article
Availability of Adequately Iodized Salt at Household Level and Associated Factors in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 2
Knowledge and practice of participants about iodized salt in Gondar town, 2012.
| Variables | Frequency | Percent (%) |
| Knowledge | | | Good | 204 | 25.2 | Poor | 606 | 74.8 | Use cover for their salt container | | | Yes | 794 | 98 | No | 16 | 2 | Place of salt storage | | | Dry place | 804 | 99.3 | Moisture area | 5 | 0.6 | Fire area | 1 | 0.1 | Exposure to sunlight | | | Yes | 184 | 22.7 | No | 626 | 77.3 | Washing salt | | | Yes | 28 | 3.5 | No | 782 | 96.5 | Duration of salt storage at household level | | | ≤2 months | 748 | 92.3 | >2 months | 62 | 7.7 |
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