Research Article
Latrine Ownership and Its Determinants in Rural Villages of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Determinants of latrine ownership among households in rural villages of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, 2018 (N = 756).
| Variables | Latrine ownership | Latrine prevalence | Latrine utilization | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) |
| Occupation | | | | | Farmer | 4.67 (1.072–20.423) | 4.27 (0.92–19.4) | | | Government employee | 8.50 ,(1.50448.049) | 3.542 (0.586–21.397) | 0.27 (0.062–1.187) | 0.25 (0.05–1.13) | Unemployed | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Marital status | | | | | Married | 0.39 (0.154–0.995) | 0.36 (0.13–0.95) | | | Single | 5 (0.872–28.663) | 4.57 (0.75–27.22) | | | Divorced | 2 (0.117–34.096) | 1.83 (0.099–32.39 | | | Widowed | 1 | 1 | | | Possess radio | | | | | Yes | 0.82 (0.606–1.117) | 0.75 (0.52–1.06) | | | No | 1 | 1 | | | Latrine type | | | | | Slab floor pit | | | 2.51 (0.103–4.512) | 1.790 (0.296–3.102) | Ventilated pit | | | 1 | 1 | House ownership | | | | | Relative | 3.05 (1.107–8.396) | 2.79 (0.95–7.976) | | | Private | 3.09 (1.588–5.999) | 3.13 (1.528–6.401) | | | Rental | 1 | 1 | | | Latrine location | | | | | Inside the household compound | | | 3.991 (0.876–18.183) | 4.463 (1.021–19.516) | Outside the household compound | | | 1 | 1 | Information source | | | | | Health extension workers (HEWs) | 0.586 (0.389–0.884) | 1.902 (1.269–2.852) | | | Women development armies (WDAs) | 1.633 (0.422–2.952) | 1.49 (0.36–2.80) | 1.706 (1.1.29–2.579) | 2.425 (0.728–8.083) | Others | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Note. Abbreviations: AOR: adjusted odds ratio, COR: crude odds ratio, -value: precision value; statistical decisions: = -value ≤0.05; = -value <0.01, = -value ≤0.001. |