Table 1: Household characteristics of study participants, Wonsho Woreda, Ethiopia, 2016.

Characteristics (n=595) Categories Frequency Percent (%)
Head of household Male 576 96.8
Female 19 3.2
Paternal educational status Can’t read and write 74 12.4
Primary 427 71.8
Secondary 56 9.4
Diploma and above 38 6.4
Occupation of husband Farmer 383 64.4
Government employee 40 6.7
Merchant 144 24.2
Other (Private employee, daily labor) 28 4.7
Family size ≤ 5 444 74.6
> 5 151 25.4
Wealth index Poor 238 40
Middle 119 20
Rich 238 40
Household DDS Low 82 13.8
Medium 480 80.7
High 33 5.5
Source of drinking water Unprotected 156 26.2
Protected 439 73.8
Having latrine Yes 573 96.3
No 22 3.7
Method to dispose garbage Open field 439 73.8
In a privet pit 101 17
Burning 39 6.6
Other (common pit, composting) 16 2.6
Hand washing with soap (at critical times) Yes 583 98
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