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Table 2 Type of water treatment methods used by households in DHS of 2005, 2011, and 2016, Ethiopia

From: Appropriate household water treatment methods in Ethiopia: household use and associated factors based on 2005, 2011, and 2016 EDHS data

Treatment type Household use in survey year
2005, weighted frequency (%) 2011, weighted frequency (%) 2016, weighted frequency (%)
All treatment methods Boiling 335 (2.4) 450 (2.7) 364 (2.2)
Bleach 32 (0.2) 973 (5.8) 567 (3.4)
Cloth straining 626 (4.6) 206 (1.2) 331 (2.0)
Filtration 47 (0.3) 40 (0.2) 182 (1.1)
SODIS 0 0 11 (0.1)
Let it stand and settle 21 (0.2) 21 (0.1) 59 (0.4)
Other 42 (0.3) 35 (0.2) 28 (0.2)
Total 1103 (8.0) 1725 (10.2) 1542 (9.4)
Appropriate treatment methods (boiling, adding leach, filtration, or SODIS) 409 (3.0) 1368 (8.2) 1081 (6.5)
  1. SODIS = 0 is due to the weighting of data; number of households using appropriate treatment methods is obtained by weighting the sum of the number of households reportedly using boiling, bleach, filter, and SODIS