Prevalence and associated factors of safe and improved infant and young children stool disposal in Ethiopia: evidence from demographic and health survey

Table 1 Weighted prevalence of youngest children’s stool disposal in Ethiopia, EDHS 2016 (n = 4145)

Child feces disposal practices	Weighted frequency	Weighted percent	95% CI
Used toilet/latrine	30	0.7	0.4–1.2
Put/rinsed in toilet/latrine	1499	36.2	32.8–39.7
Put/rinsed into drain or ditch	155	3.7	2.8–5.0
Throw into garbage	758	18.3	16.3–20.5
Buried	117	2.8	2.1–3.8
Left in the open/not disposed of	1055	25.5	22.1–29.1
Other	529	12.8	10.9–14.9
Overall children’s stool disposal practice
Safe ♣	1530	36.9	33.4–40.5
Unsafe	2615	63.1	59.5–66.6
Overall children’s improved stool disposal
Improved †	216	5.3	4.3–6.5
Unimproved	3929	94.7	93.5–95.7

♣ Safe disposal of children’s stools: the child’s last feces were put in or rinsed into a toilet or latrine, or the child used a toilet or latrine
†When a child’s feces is put or rinsed into an “improved” toilet or latrine, this is termed “improved child feces disposal”

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