Prevalence of Active Trachoma and Associated Factors in Areka Town, South Ethiopia, 2018

Table 3

Practice of respondents towards trachoma in Areka Town in Southern Ethiopia, 2018 (N = 586).

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percent
Households’ daily water consumption	<20 liters	141	24.1
	20–40 liters	269	45.9
	40–80 liters	128	21.8
	80 and more	48	8.2
Source of water	River	54	9.2
	Unprotected spring	96	16.4
	Rainwater	12	2
	Protected spring	56	9.2
	Protected well	56	9.6
	Pipe water	418	71.3
Traveling the distance to get water	In a compound	200	34.1
	<30 minutes	272	46.4
	30–59 minutes	114	19.5
Place of cooking	In the same room where they sleep	141	24.1
	In the same house but a different room	138	23.5
	In the separate kitchen	307	52.4
Does your cooking room have a window?	Yes	382	65.2
	No	204	34.8
What do you do the produced waste?	Bury/burn	331	56.5
	Discard	255	43.5
If simply discard, where do you dispose of the waste?	Nearby the house	204	34.8
	Far away from the house	45	7.7
Do you have a latrine?	Yes	517	88.2
	No	69	11.8
If you have a latrine, what type?	Covered pit latrine	219	37.4
	Uncovered pit latrine	274	46.8
	VIP latrine	21	3.6
	Latrine with water carriage system	3	0.5
Do you have your own cattle?	Yes	245	41.8
	No	341	58.2
If you have cattle, where do you pass/integrate them in the night?	In the same house	129	22
	In the same house in a different room	57	9.7
	In separate shelter	53	9
Facial cleanliness of children	Clean	340	58
	Unclean	246	42

Out of 586 children who were examined for active trachoma, 222 (37.9%) of children developed active trachoma and the rest, 364 (62.1%) children, were negative for active trachoma.