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Table 2 Environmental characteristics of respondents on small scale water treatment practice and associated factor at house hold level at Burie zuria woreda rural Northwest Ethiopia, 2015

From: Small scale water treatment practice and associated factors at Burie Zuria Woreda Rural Households, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015: cross sectional study

Variables

Category

Frequency

%

Source of drinking water

Protected well

716

89.8

Unprotected well/spring

5

0.6

Rain water

76

9.6

Are there days of the week water source having no services?

No

219

27.5

Yes

578

72.5

Which days source of water is off (N = 578)

Saturday and Sunday

501

86.7

Holly day and Sunday

77

13.3

Experience of storing water for three days

No

307

38.5

Yes

490

61.5

Type of container for storing the water (N = 490)

Clay pot

264

53.9

Iron container

18

3.7

Jerri can

208

42.4

Number of containers (N = 490)

One

99

20.2

Two

339

69.2

Three

52

10.6

Capacity of the container (N = 490)

≤25 Liters

200

40.8

>25 Liters

290

59.2

Containers covered (N = 490)

No

5

1

Yes

485

99

Days the water is stored (N = 490)

For two days

36

7.3

For three days

358

73.1

More than three days

96

19.6

Washing status of the container (N = 490)

No

1

0.2

Yes

489

99.8

Materials used for washing the container

Vegetation

427

87.1

Chemicals

4

0.8

only water

47

9.6

with soap

12

2.4

Time taken to fetch the water

<30 minutes

773

97

30–60 minutes

24

3

The type of container for fetching the water

Clay pot

165

20.7

Jerri can

632

80.1

How many times do you fetch per day

One

181

22.7

Two

395

49.6

Three

151

18.9

Four

70

8.8

The way of water dipping

Pouring

241

30.2

Dipping

556

69.8

Design of water drawing material

With handle

685

85.9

Without handle

112

14.1

Place for putting water drawing material

On shelf/table

728

91.3

On the floor

63

7.9

Inside the container

6

0.8