Research Article

Determinants of Households’ Access to Improved Drinking Water Sources: A Secondary Analysis of Eswatini 2010 and 2014 Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys

Table 3

Bivariate and multivariate results of the determinants of households’ access to improved drinking water sources in 2010 and 2014.

VariablesThe year 2010The year 2014
Complementary log-log regressionComplementary log-log regression
COR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)COR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)

Age of the HH (years)
15–341111
35–540.76 (0.70, 0.83)0.87 (0.78, 0.97)0.82 (0.75, 0.90)0.93 (0.83, 1.04)
55 and above0.52 (0.47, 0.58)0.80 (0.70, 0.90)0.62 (0.57, 0.69)0.99 (0.87, 1.13)

Sex of the HH
Male1111
Female0.79 (0.74, 0.86)1.10 (0.91, 1.09)0.81 (0.75, 0.87)0.91 (0.83, 0.99)

The highest education level of the HH
No education1111
Primary1.14 (1.02, 1.28)0.92 (0.81, 1.04)1.21 (1.08, 1.37)1.01 (0.88, 1.16)
Secondary1.66 (1.46, 1.87)0.92 (0.80, 1.07)1.66 (1.46, 1.87)1.00 (0.85, 1.17)
High school2.28 (2.01, 2.59)0.95 (0.80, 1.11)2.42 (2.13, 2.75)1.09 (0.91, 1.30)
Tertiary2.74 (2.37, 3.18)0.99 (0.82, 1.21)2.63 (2.29, 3.02)0.84 (0.68, 1.03)

Household size
1–3111
4–60.68 (0.62, 0.74)0.89 (0.80, 0.98)0.68 (0.63, 0.74)0.88 (0.79, 0.97)
7 and more0.58 (0.53, 0.65)0.91 (0.80, 1.03)0.55 (0.50, 0.61)0.87 (0.76, 0.99)

Household wealth index
Poorest111
Poor1.83 (1.57, 2.13)1.68 (1.44, 1.97)0.50 (0.36, 0.64)1.44 (1.25, 1.67)
Middle2.46 (2.13, 2.83)2.02 (1.74, 2.36)0.86 (0.73, 0.99)1.94 (1.68, 2.24)
Rich3.27 (2.84, 3.76)2.63 (2.25, 3.07)1.41 (1.28, 1.55)2.98 (2.55, 3.50)
Richest5.36 (4.65, 6.18)3.71 (3.11, 4.43)1.85 (1.71, 1.99)4.58 (3.76, 5.57)

Place of residence
Rural1111
Urban2.70 (2.49, 2.91)1.70 (1.54, 1.88)3.40 (3.05, 3.79)2.13 (1.87, 2.42)

Region
Hhohho1111
Manzini0.95 (0.86, 1.06)0.73 (0.65, 0.83)1.12 (1.02, 1.23)0.96 (0.86, 1.08)
Shiselweni0.43 (0.38, 0.48)0.53 (0.47, 0.61)0.52 (0.46, 0.57)0.67 (0.59, 0.75)
Lubombo0.65 (0.58, 0.73)0.67 (0.59, 0.76)0.72 (0.65, 0.80)0.73 (0.64, 0.84)
Observations48194843

Model fit
AIC4250.864495.19
BIC4367.504611.93

Notes: COR=Crude odd ratio, AOR = Adjusted odds ratio, significant at , and HH = household head.