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Table 2 Identified types of sanitation outcomes

From: Household-level sanitation in Ethiopia and its influencing factors: a systematic review

Broader types of outcomes

Nm. of studies

Nm. of observationsa

Specification of outcomes as examined in individual studies

Latrine use

25

126

Latrine use; consistent latrine use by family members; latrine utilization

Latrine availability

11

43

Latrine availability, latrine ownership, availability of improved latrine

Open defecation (OD)

10

41

OD; reasons for not constructing latrine; reasons for not using latrine; perceived disadvantages of OD

Latrine adoption

10

55

Latrine adoption (generally); latrine construction; reasons for constructing latrine; adoption of arborloo latrine

Sustainability of latrine adoption

8

42

Sustainability of latrine use and latrine quality (longitudinal focus); reasons for abandoning latrine use; re-construction of latrines and reasons thereof; sustained use of arborloo latrines

Satisfaction with latrine use

5

18

Perceived advantages/benefits of latrine and its use; satisfaction with latrine use; reasons for dissatisfaction with latrine

Latrine quality improvement

3

6

Improvement of latrine; Intention to improve latrine; reasons for (not) improving latrine

Sanitation safety

1

5

Composite score based on 11 characteristics of availability, quality, and use of latrines

  1. aNumber of observations (or links) refers to the number of identified significant/consequential relationships between specific factors and sanitation outcomes as examined in the “Relationships between factors and outcomes” section