Child Night Blindness and Bitot’s Spots Are Public Health Problems in Lay Armachiho District, Central Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Water source and hygienic characteristics among children aged 24-59 months in Lay Armachiho District, Central Gondar Zone, northwest Ethiopia, 2019.

Variables		Frequency	Percent (%)
Source of drinking water	Improved	374	37.1
	Unimproved	633	62.9
Time to obtain drinking water	<30	981	97.4
Round trip in a minute	≥30	26	2.6
Water treatment	Chlorine	3	0.3
	Boiling	44	4.4
	No treatment	960	95.3
Latrine availability	Yes	217	21.5
	No	790	78.5
	Yes	419	41.6
Handwashing practice after using the toilet	No	588	58.4

Note: unimproved drinking water including unprotected spring water, river water, and unprotected well water which is not suitable for drinking (EDHS 2016).