Table 3 Water supply and sanitation characteristics of HHs in rural villages of Lay Gayent District, northwest Ethiopia, February–April 2021
Variables | Scabies infestation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Yes n (%) | No n (%) | Total n (%) | |
Water source type | |||
 Public tap | 56 (27.6) | 267 (36.1) | 323 (34.3) |
 Piped to yard/compound | 2 (1.0) | 2 (0.3) | 4 (0.4) |
 Protected hand-dug well | 27 (13.3) | 132 (17.8) | 159 (16.9) |
 Protected spring | 19 (9.4) | 96 (13.0) | 115 (12.2) |
 Unprotected spring | 22 (10.8) | 67 (9.0) | 89 (9.5) |
 Unprotected hand-dug well | 77 (37.9) | 175 (23.8) | 252 (26.7) |
Round-trip water collection timea | |||
 1–30 min | 133 (65.5) | 518 (70.1) | 651 (69.1) |
  > 30 min | 70 (34.5) | 221 (29.9) | 291 (30.9) |
Daily water consumption (average) | |||
  ≤ 20 L/C/D | 37 (18.2) | 90 (12.2) | 127 (13.5) |
  > 20 L/C/D | 166 (81.8) | 649 (87.8) | 815 (86.5) |
Water supply interruption | |||
 No | 74 (36.5) | 235 (31.8) | 309 (32.8) |
 Yes | 129 (63.5) | 504 (68.2) | 633 (67.2) |
Availability of functional latrine | |||
 No | 52 (25.6) | 138 (18.7) | 190 (20.2) |
 Yes | 151 (74.4) | 601 (81.3) | 752 (79.8) |
Daily house cleaning | |||
 No | 111 (54.7) | 260 (35.2) | 371 (39.4) |
 Yes | 92 (45.3) | 479 (64.8) | 571 (60.6) |
HH liquid waste disposal | |||
 Proper dischargingb | 30 (14.8) | 165 (22.3) | 195 (20.7) |
 Open discharging | 173 (85.2) | 574 (77.7) | 747 (79.3) |
Solid waste disposal | |||
 Properc | 59 (29.1) | 303 (41.0) | 362 (38.4) |
 Openly into the field | 144 (70.9) | 436 (59.0) | 580 (61.6) |