Latrine Availability and Associated Factors among Religious Institutions in Northern Ethiopia, 2018

Table 2

Environmental conditions of religious institutions, Northern Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 351).

Characteristics	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Any type of latrine	Yes	115	32.8
	No	236	67.2
Type of latrine	Pit latrine	80	69.6
	Others	35	30.4
Reasons for not having latrine	Cost is too high, no materials, and no external assistance	202	85.47
	Open defecation tradition and habit	19	8.12
	Not thought about it and no one to build latrine	15	6.41
Place of defecation	Open field	233	98.7
	Other	3	1.3
Functional latrine	Yes	82	71.30
	No	33	28.70
Distance of latrine to the closest drinking water/holy water	Below 15 meters	41	35.7
	15–30 meters	25	21.7
	Greater than 30 meters	49	42.6
Distance of latrine from the room priests serve	Below 6 meters	18	15.7
	6–12 meters	9	7.8
	Above 12 meters	88	76.5
Number of rooms of the latrine	Below 2 rooms	59	51.3
	2–4 rooms	29	25.2
	Above 4 rooms	24	23.5
Clean latrine	Yes	55	47.8
	No	60	52.2
Frequency of cleaning latrine	Daily	42	36.5
	Weekly	35	30.4
	Almost never	38	33.0
Presence of hand washing	Yes	39	33.9
	No	76	66.1
Type of hand washing	Tap only and sink	18	46.2
	Water pot/container and cup	21	53.8
Latrine condition	Need maintenance	80	69.6
	No need of maintenance	35	30.4
Reasons for not improving/changing latrine type	Financial problem/no support	40	50.0
	Personal and space problem	40	50.0
Possible ways encouraging you to build a latrine	Full subsidy and contribution from NGOs	147	62.3
	Community pressure and/or material and labor assistance	89	37.7
Anyone diseased in this institution	Yes	42	12.0
	No	309	88.0
Currently any money saved towards having a latrine	Yes	16	6.8
	No	220	93.2
Institution discussed about building latrine	Yes	113	47.9
	No	123	52.1