Abstract:
Objective This study aimed to assess households access
to improved drinking water sources and sanitation facilities
and their associated factors in Ethiopia.
Design Cross-sectional study.
Setting Ethiopia.
Participants Household heads.
Primary outcomes Access to improved drinking water
sources and toilet facilities.
Methods We conducted an in-depth secondary data
analysis of 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health
Survey. Data from a total of 16 650 households and 645
clusters were included in the analysis. The households
were selected using a stratified two-stage cluster
sampling technique. Multilevel binary logistic regression
analyses were performed to identify factors associated
with access to an improved drinking water source and
toilet facilities. Adjusted OR with a 95% CI was reported
with p value <0.05 was used to declare a significant
association between the covariates and the outcome
variables.
Results The proportions of households’ access to
improved sources of drinking water and toilet facilities
were 69.94% (95% CI: 69.23% to 70.63%) and
