Table 3 Health and household environment-related characteristics of school adolescents girls in Megale district, Afar Regional state, Northeastern Ethiopia, April, 2017 (n = 736)
Variables | Categories | n | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Availability of home latrine | Yes | 168 | 22.8 |
No | 568 | 77.2 | |
Type of home latrine | Pit latrine | 168 | 100 |
Home latrine utilization | Yes | 162 | 96.4 |
No | 6 | 3.6 | |
Availability of school latrine | Yes | 736 | 100 |
School latrine utilization | Yes | 582 | 79.1 |
No | 154 | 20.9 | |
Availability of water & soap/ ash near home latrine for hand washing | Yes | 16 | 2.2 |
No | 720 | 97.8 | |
Hand washing with soap/ ash after latrine utilization | Yes | 178 | 24.2 |
No | 558 | 75.8 | |
Source of drinking water | Protected | 276 | 37.5 |
Unprotected | 460 | 62.5 | |
Waste disposal method | Open field | 702 | 95.4 |
Pit | 34 | 4.6 | |
Menstruation started | Yes | 206 | 28.0 |
No | 530 | 72.0 | |
History of illness in the last 2 weeks | Yes | 112 | 15.2 |
No | 624 | 84.8 |