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).

VariablesLatrine ownership
Latrine prevalenceLatrine utilization
COR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)COR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)

Occupation
Farmer4.67 (1.072–20.423)4.27 (0.92–19.4)
Government employee8.50 ,(1.50448.049)3.542 (0.586–21.397)0.27 (0.062–1.187)0.25 (0.05–1.13)
Unemployed1111
Marital status
Married0.39 (0.154–0.995)0.36 (0.13–0.95)
Single5 (0.872–28.663)4.57 (0.75–27.22)
Divorced2 (0.117–34.096)1.83 (0.099–32.39
Widowed11
Possess radio
Yes0.82 (0.606–1.117)0.75 (0.52–1.06)
No11
Latrine type
Slab floor pit2.51 (0.103–4.512)1.790 (0.296–3.102)
Ventilated pit11
House ownership
Relative3.05 (1.107–8.396)2.79 (0.95–7.976)
Private3.09 (1.588–5.999)3.13 (1.528–6.401)
Rental11
Latrine location
Inside the household compound3.991 (0.876–18.183)4.463 (1.021–19.516)
Outside the household compound11
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)
Others1111

Note. Abbreviations: AOR: adjusted odds ratio, COR: crude odds ratio, -value: precision value; statistical decisions:  = -value ≤0.05;  = -value <0.01,  = -value ≤0.001.