Latrine Ownership and Its Determinants in Rural Villages of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Sociodemographics of households in rural villages of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 756).

Characteristics	Frequency (%)
Respondent role
Mother	527 (69.7)
Father	137 (18.1)
Adult daughter	91 (12.1)
Gender
Male	182 (24.1)
Female	574 (75.8)
Religious background
Orthodox	741 (98)
Muslim	11 (1.5)
Protestant	3 (0.4)
Age category
<30 years	257 (44)
30–45 years	289 (38.2)
>45 years	191 (25.3)
Educational status
Able to read and write	440 (58.2)
Unable to read and write	316 (41.7)
Occupational status
Daily laborer	5 (0.7)
Farmer	676 (89.4)
Government employee	18 (2.4)
Merchant	21 (2.8)
Unemployed	36 (4.7)
Marital status
Married	550 (72.8)
Single	93 (12.3)
Divorced	62 (8.2)
Widowed	48 (6.3)