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

Table 5 Multivariable regression result of a pooled data of three DHS on factors associated with the household use of appropriate water treatment, Ethiopia

Variables		Appropriate treatment use, weighted frequency		AOR (95% CI)
Variables		User	Non-user	AOR (95% CI)
Survey year	2005	409	13,302	1.0
	2011	1368	15,319	2.78 (2.16, 3.57)*
	2016	1081	15,569	2.18 (1.64, 3.89)*
Residency	Rural	1965	35,957	1.0
Residency	Urban	893	8233	0.49 (0.33, 0.72)*
Education of head	No education	1040	26,805	1.0
	Primary	1006	12,289	1.71 (1.44, 2.02)*
	Secondary	339	3094	2.17 (1.73, 2.73)*
	Higher	463	1901	3.56 (2.77, 4.58)*
Wealth status	Poorest	326	8839	1.0
	Poorer	343	8918	1.03 (0.72, 1.46)
	Middle	377	8502	1.16 (0.77, 1.75)
	Higher	607	8072	1.78 (1.18, 2.67)*
	Highest	1204	9860	2.47 (1.53, 4.00)*
Water sources	Improved	1650	23,626	1.0
Water sources	Unimproved	1208	20,565	1.76 (1.39, 2.22)*
Had radio	No	1369	29,590	1.0
Had radio	Yes	1489	14,593	1.41 (1.22, 1.62)*
Had television	No	2126	40,214	1.0
Had television	Yes	731	3963	2.25 (1.72, 2.95)*
Sex of house head	Female	796	10,898	1.0
Sex of house head	Male	2063	33,293	1.28 (1.28, 1.68)*
Presence of under 5-year-old child	No	1384	20,197	1.0
Presence of under 5-year-old child	Yes	1474	23,993	1.01 (0.89, 1.16)

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