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Table 7 Full multilevel model on household use of appropriate water treatment methods in DHS 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

  Variables OR (95% CI)
2005 2011 2016
Fixed part Residency Rural 1 1 1
Urban 0.86 (0.56, 1.33) 0.56 (0.46, 0.68)* 0.90 (0.70, 1.16)
Education of head No education 1 1 1
Primary 1.67 (1.24, 2.26)* 1.47 (1.28, 1.69)* 1.84 (1.58, 2.15)*
Secondary 2.32 (1.64, 3.26)* 2.19 (1.80, 2.65)* 2.15 (1.76, 2.62)*
Higher 5.51 (3.63, 8.35)* 2.96 (2.45, 3.57)* 3.01 (2.47, 3.66)*
Wealth status Poorest 1 1 1
Poorer 1.36 (0.82, 2.25) 1.62 (1.26, 2.09)* 0.90 (0.69, 1.16)
Middle 1.47 (0.88, 2.46) 1.85 (1.43, 2.39)* 1.16 (0.90, 1.50)
Higher 2.24 (1.37, 3.68)* 2.99 (2.36, 3.78) * 1.49 (1.16, 1.90)*
Highest 2.447 (1.41, 4.34)* 5.24 (3.99, 6.88) * 1.55 (1.14, 2.11)*
Water sources Unimproved 1 1  
Improved 0.66 (0.48, 0.91)* 0.63 (0.54, 0.72) * 0.51 (0.44, 0.60)*
Radio ownership No 1 1 1
Yes 1.39 (1.03, 1.87)* 1.48 (1.31, 1.67) * 1.21 (1.07, 1.38)*
Television ownership No 1 1 1
Yes 1.52 (1.08, 2.15)* 1.87 (1.59, 2.19) * 1.89 (1.55, 2.30)*
Sex of house head Female 1 1 1
Male 1.50 (1.17, 1.93)* 1.30 (1.15, 1.47) * 1.24 (1.09, 1.41)*
Presence of under 5-year-old child No 1 1 1
Yes 1.02 (0.81, 1.28) 1.06 (0.95, 1.19) 1.07 (0.95, 1.20)*
Random part (region-level variation)   0.39 (0.14, 1.07) 0.17 (0.07, 0.41) 0.11 (0.04, 0.27)
  1. The data used for multilevel modeling were not weighted data, The result of multilevel modeling with the inclusion of intermittent water supply was run independently since it was collinear with water sources; OR odds ratio; *, significantly associated