The Availability of Improved Sanitation Facilities and Its Associated Factors in the 12^th District of Kandahar City, Afghanistan

Table 4

Factors associated with the availability of improved sanitation facilities in 12^th district of Kandahar city, 2019, showing crude and adjusted odds ratio.

Independent variable	Categories	Availability of sanitation facility		Crude odds ratio (95% CI)	Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)
		Improved	Unimproved
Respondent’s education	Educated	292	38	2.12 (1.22–3.68)	—
	Uneducated	94	26	1	—
House ownership	Private	156	12	3.03 (1.56–5.87)	2.99 (1.43–6.26)
	Rent or lease	227	52	1	1
Latrine location	Inside	372	51	6.77 (3.01–15.22)	14.31 (3.59–56.99)
	Outside	14	13	1	1
Individual household latrine	Yes	14	13	1.87 (1.09–3.20)	2.03 (1.04–3.95)
	No	372	51	1	1
Latrine cleaning	Yes	337	48	2.29 (1.20–4.34)	—
	No	49	16	1	—
Handwashing after defecation	Yes	328	52	3.39 (1.29–8.90)	—
	No	13	7	1	—
Distance of latrine from water sources	≥10 meters	285	38	1.93 (1.11–3.34)	—
	<10 meters	101	26	1	—
Number of latrines	More than one	250	17	5.08 (2.81–9.19)	5.04 (2.45–10.35)
	One	136	47	1	1