Predictors of Stunting among School-Age Children in Northwestern Ethiopia

Table 3

Environmental health characteristics of households at Mecha district, Northwestern Ethiopia, 2017 (N = 800).

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Do you treat drinking water by any means	No	771	96.4
	Yes	29	3.6
Have you a latrine	No	89	11.1
	Yes	711	88.9
Hand washing practice of child’s mother after toilet	Not washed	53	6.6
	Using water only	499	62.4
	Sometimes using soap/ash	155	19.4
	Always using soap/ash	93	11.6
Methods of HHs’ waste disposal	Open-field disposal	476	59.5
	Individual pit/compost	236	29.5
	Common pit	28	3.5
	Burning	60	7.5