Determinants of Acute Malnutrition among Children Aged 6–59 Months in Public Health Facilities of Pastoralist Community, Afar Region, Northeast Ethiopia: A Case Control Study

Table 4

Environmental health and sanitation practice of cases and controls from Dubti District, Afar Regional State, Northeast Ethiopia, January 2014 (cases: and controls: ).

Variables	Profile	Cases, (%)	Controls, (%)
Source of water	Protected	82 (58.6)	244 (87.1)
	Unprotected	58 (41.4)	36 (12.9)
Water fetching time	≤30	99 (70.7)	268 (95.7)
	31–59	12 (8.6)	3 (1.1)
	≥60	29 (20.7)	9 (3.2)
Availability of latrine	Yes	80 (57.1)	251 (89.6)
	No	60 (42.9)	29 (10.4)
Type of latrine	Traditional pit latrine	77 (96.2)	225 (89.6)
	Ventilated pit latrine	3 (3.8)	26 (10.4)
Place to dispose child’s excreta	Backyard	107 (76.4)	123 (43.9)
	Toilet	33 (23.6)	157 (56.1)
Solid waste disposal methods	Open field	83 (59.3)	89 (31.8)
	Dumping and burning	57 (40.7)	191 (68.2)