Latrine Availability and Associated Factors among Religious Institutions in Northern Ethiopia, 2018

Table 4

Communication-related factors of religious institutions, Northern Ethiopia, 2017.

Characteristics	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Seen, heard, or received any messages or materials on sanitation and hygiene	Yes	275	78.3
	No	76	21.7
Kinds of sanitation and hygiene messages you have seen, heard, or received	Build a latrine	90	32.8
	Use a latrine/stop open defecation	58	21.2
	Proper solid and liquid waste management	15	5.5
	Wash hands with soap	65	23.7
	Water and food hygiene	46	16.8
Where did you see, hear, or receive these messages	Posters or leaflets and newspapers or magazines	55	20.0
	At community meetings	125	45.5
	When visiting a health facility	56	20.4
	On television and/or radio	39	14.2
From whom did you hear/receive these messages	Village chief	82	29.8
	Commune chief/council	29	10.5
	Government agency other than health department	35	12.7
	From health extension workers	103	29.3
	From coordinators of church	26	7.4
Preferred channel of communication or mechanisms to get information	Radio or/and TV	153	43.6
	House visit	90	25.6
	Through church/mosque	63	17.9
	Pictures/posters	45	12.8