Table 3 Bivariate Logistic Regression results on factors associated with small scale water treatment practice and associated factor at house hold level at Burie zuria woreda rural HHs, west Gojjam zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015 (N = 797)
Variable | Category | Water treatment status | COR (95 % CI) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Total | ||||
Sex | Male | 289 | 308 | 597 | 1 | |
Female | 68 | 132 | 200 | 1.82(1.30–2.54) | 0.000 | |
Educational status of a respondent | Illiterate | 219 | 191 | 410 | 1 | |
Literate | 138 | 249 | 387 | 2.06(1.55–2.75) | 0.000 | |
Occupational status of a respondent | Farmer | 342 | 395 | 737 | 1 | |
Daily laborer | 6 | 25 | 31 | 3.60(1.46–8.89) | 0.005 | |
Merchant | 9 | 20 | 29 | 1.92(0.86–4.28) | 0.109 | |
The way of fetching the water | Pouring | 158 | 83 | 241 | 1 | |
Dipping | 199 | 357 | 556 | 3.41(2.48–4.69) | 0.000 | |
Timing for fetching the water | Once a day | 84 | 67 | 151 | 1 | |
Twice a day | 215 | 180 | 395 | 1.05(0.72–1.53) | 0.801 | |
Three times a day | 37 | 144 | 181 | 4.87(3.00–7.91) | 0.000 | |
Four times a day | 21 | 49 | 70 | 2.92(1.60–5.35) | 0.000 | |