Households' access to safely managed sanitation facility and its determinant factors in Jimma town, Ethiopia
Safe sanitation service is vital to a healthy life and promoting well-being. However, information on the proportion of households' access to safely managed sanitation services and its determinants in urban resource-limited settings is particularly scarce in Ethiopia. This study aimed to determi...
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| description | Safe sanitation service is vital to a healthy life and promoting well-being. However, information on the proportion of households' access to safely managed sanitation services and its determinants in urban resource-limited settings is particularly scarce in Ethiopia. This study aimed to determine households' access to a safely managed sanitation service and its associated factors in Jimma, Ethiopia. A cross-sectional study design was conducted on 782 households selected randomly. Household heads were interviewed using a structured questionnaire and facility conditions were assessed using an observation checklist. The proportion of households with access to sanitation services was presented in frequency and percentage. A binary logistic regression analysis was employed to determine the association between the explanatory and dependent variables. The study found that a significant proportion of households (87%) use unsafe sanitation services. The presence of a school-attending family member, a smaller family size, heads of households engaged in private work, wives engaged in employed work, a higher monthly income, and toilet age are all associated with access to safely managed sanitation. To ensure safe sanitation access in the setting, sanitation interventions should take into account household differences, prioritize sustainable sanitation technology options in newly built toilets, improve households' economic status, and expand job opportunities and education for mothers, which demands long-term policy interventions. HIGHLIGHTS
A large proportion (87%) of households in Jimma town use unsafely managed sanitation services.;
Factors contributing to the low level of safely managed sanitation include the household head's low educational level, gender, family size, wife's occupation, and household income.;
To address these constraints, an integrated intervention is required to encourage households to improve their sanitation facilities.; |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1c61213e5cea4d77a8f7d11d15f8f99f2022-12-21T19:17:43ZengIWA PublishingJournal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development2043-90832408-93622022-02-0112221722610.2166/washdev.2022.003003Households' access to safely managed sanitation facility and its determinant factors in Jimma town, EthiopiaDereje Oljira Donacho0Gudina Terefe Tucho1Abebe Beyene Hailu2 Department of Environmental Health Science and Technology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia Department of Environmental Health Science and Technology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia Department of Environmental Health Science and Technology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia Safe sanitation service is vital to a healthy life and promoting well-being. However, information on the proportion of households' access to safely managed sanitation services and its determinants in urban resource-limited settings is particularly scarce in Ethiopia. This study aimed to determine households' access to a safely managed sanitation service and its associated factors in Jimma, Ethiopia. A cross-sectional study design was conducted on 782 households selected randomly. Household heads were interviewed using a structured questionnaire and facility conditions were assessed using an observation checklist. The proportion of households with access to sanitation services was presented in frequency and percentage. A binary logistic regression analysis was employed to determine the association between the explanatory and dependent variables. The study found that a significant proportion of households (87%) use unsafe sanitation services. The presence of a school-attending family member, a smaller family size, heads of households engaged in private work, wives engaged in employed work, a higher monthly income, and toilet age are all associated with access to safely managed sanitation. To ensure safe sanitation access in the setting, sanitation interventions should take into account household differences, prioritize sustainable sanitation technology options in newly built toilets, improve households' economic status, and expand job opportunities and education for mothers, which demands long-term policy interventions. HIGHLIGHTS A large proportion (87%) of households in Jimma town use unsafely managed sanitation services.; Factors contributing to the low level of safely managed sanitation include the household head's low educational level, gender, family size, wife's occupation, and household income.; To address these constraints, an integrated intervention is required to encourage households to improve their sanitation facilities.;http://washdev.iwaponline.com/content/12/2/217determinant factorsjimma townsafely managedsanitationurban ethiopia |
| spellingShingle | Dereje Oljira Donacho Gudina Terefe Tucho Abebe Beyene Hailu Households' access to safely managed sanitation facility and its determinant factors in Jimma town, Ethiopia Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development determinant factors jimma town safely managed sanitation urban ethiopia |
| title | Households' access to safely managed sanitation facility and its determinant factors in Jimma town, Ethiopia |
| title_full | Households' access to safely managed sanitation facility and its determinant factors in Jimma town, Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Households' access to safely managed sanitation facility and its determinant factors in Jimma town, Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Households' access to safely managed sanitation facility and its determinant factors in Jimma town, Ethiopia |
| title_short | Households' access to safely managed sanitation facility and its determinant factors in Jimma town, Ethiopia |
| title_sort | households access to safely managed sanitation facility and its determinant factors in jimma town ethiopia |
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