Table 4 Water source, sanitation and hygienic characteristics of the respondents from food secure and food insecure households of Albuko district, northeast Ethiopia, 2017
Characteristics | Food secure HHs n=527 | Food insecure HHs n=512 | Total n=1039 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent | |
Sources of water | ||||||
 Protected source | 477 | 90.5 | 441 | 86.1 | 918 | 88.4 |
 Unprotected source | 50 | 9.5 | 71 | 13.9 | 121 | 11.6 |
Amount of water used (litter) | ||||||
 <40 | 201 | 38.1 | 194 | 37.9 | 395 | 38.0 |
 >40 | 326 | 61.8 | 318 | 62.1 | 644 | 61.9 |
Time spent to water (minutes) | ||||||
 <30 | 363 | 68.9 | 346 | 67.6 | 709 | 68.2 |
 >30 | 164 | 31.1 | 166 | 32.4 | 330 | 31.8 |
Latrine availability | ||||||
 Yes | 413 | 78.4 | 476 | 93.0 | 889 | 85.6 |
 No | 114 | 21.6 | 36 | 7.0 | 150 | 14.4 |
Types of latrine | ||||||
 Pit | 409 | 99.1 | 464 | 97.4 | 873 | 98.2 |
 Flush | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.2 |
 Ventilated improved | 4 | 0.9 | 10 | 2.2 | 14 | 1.6 |