Table 2 Distribution of housing and environmental factors index (HAEFI) by housing characteristics and access to different public services (n = 2215 households) in KA-HDSS, Tigray, Ethiopia
Characteristics | Distribution of HAEFI* (row %) | Total Frequency (Column %) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quintile 1 | Quintile2 | Quintile 3 | Quintile 4 | Quintile 5 | |||
Floor | Unimproved | 30.7 | 19.0 | 21.2 | 16.1 | 13.0 | 2026 (91.5) |
Improved | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 95.8 | 189 (8.5) | |
Wall | Unimproved | 34.9 | 21.6 | 24.1 | 15.6 | 3.8 | 1781 (80.4) |
Improved | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 12.7 | 86.9 | 434 (19.6) | |
Roof | Unimproved | 37.3 | 18.3 | 21.0 | 13.7 | 9.7 | 1221 (55.1) |
Improved | 16.8 | 16.2 | 17.5 | 16.7 | 32.8 | 994 (44.9) | |
Access to electricity | No | 33.1 | 20.0 | 19.0 | 15.3 | 12.6 | 1879 (84.8) |
Yes | 0.0 | 2.4 | 22.0 | 13.4 | 62.2 | 336 (15.2) | |
Access to Media | No | 5.8 | 39.9 | 10.8 | 26.4 | 17.1 | 659 (29.8) |
Yes | 37.5 | 7.8 | 23.1 | 10.2 | 21.3 | 1556 (70.2) | |
Kitchen | No | 32.9 | 16.5 | 18.7 | 13.2 | 18.7 | 614 (27.7) |
Yes | 26.2 | 17.7 | 19.7 | 15.7 | 20.6 | 1601 (72.3) | |
Access to water | Unimproved | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.8 | 28.1 | 38.0 | 949 (42.8) |
Improved | 49.1 | 30.3 | 8.7 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 1266 (57.2) | |
Access to latrine | Unimproved | 23.8 | 20.6 | 16.5 | 17.4 | 21.7 | 1716 (77.5) |
Improved | 42.9 | 6.2 | 29.5 | 7.0 | 14.4 | 499 (22.5) | |
Cooking fuel | unclean/biomass | 29.1 | 18.0 | 20.1 | 15.5 | 17.3 | 2139 (96.6) |
clean/non-biomass | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 98.7 | 76 (3.4) | |