Table 1 Individual, household, and community characteristics of 11,009 children aged 6 to 15 years by community proportion of households with latrines in use in Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2011–2014

Children, aged 6–15 years (n)

Communities (n)

Hookworm

11,009

0.24

0.20–0.29

0.18

0.13–0.24

0.20

0.16–0.26

0.23

0.18–0.28

0.24

0.19–0.30

0.22

0.20–0.24

0.47

T. trichiura

11,009

0.03

0.02–0.04

0.03

0.01–0.06

0.04

0.03–0.06

0.06

0.04–0.09

0.07

0.05–0.10

0.04

0.04–0.05

0.01

A. lumbricoides

11,009

0.10

0.07–0.13

0.16

0.12–0.21

0.14

0.11–0.18

0.16

0.12–0.20

0.17

0.13–0.20

0.14

0.13–0.16

0.04

Age, years

10,961

9.68

9.53–9.82

10.02

9.86–10.17

10.08

9.93–10.23

10.12

9.98–10.26

10.28

10.10–10.46

10.02

9.96–10.09

<0.01

Male sex

11,000

0.48

0.46–0.51

0.49

0.46–0.52

0.50

0.47–0.52

0.48

0.46–0.51

0.45

0.42–0.47

0.48

0.47–0.49

0.09

Reported usually attending school

10,833

0.65

0.61–0.69

0.72

0.66–0.76

0.80

0.76–0.83

0.79

0.76–0.82

0.85

0.82–0.87

0.76

0.74–0.78

<0.01

Reported always wearing shoes (2011)

1029

0.06

0.01–0.19

0.02

0.00–0.08

0.10

0.02–0.39

0.04

0.01–0.14

0.30

0.14–0.53

0.09

0.05–0.17

<0.01

Any observed shoes (No 2011)

9795

0.46

0.40–0.52

0.57

0.49–0.66

0.51

0.43–0.59

0.43

0.36–0.50

0.48

0.40–0.55

0.48

0.46–0.51

0.13

Any reported or observed shoes (All)

10,824

0.42

0.37–0.47

0.52

0.44–0.60

0.49

0.42–0.57

0.41

0.35–0.48

0.47

0.40–0.54

0.46

0.44–0.48

0.18

Anthelmintics in past year (2011)

1016

0.09

0.05–0.18

0.06

0.02–0.15

0.16

0.05–0.43

0.12

0.06–0.23

0.27

0.14–0.44

0.13

0.09–0.18

0.06

Anthelmintics in past year (No 2011)

9224

0.17

0.12–0.22

0.17

0.12–0.23

0.14

0.11–0.18

0.21

0.16–0.26

0.20

0.15–0.26

0.18

0.16–0.20

0.28

Anthelmintics in past year (All)

10,240

0.16

0.12–0.21

0.16

0.11–0.21

0.14

0.11–0.18

0.20

0.16–0.26

0.21

0.16–0.27

0.17

0.15–0.20

0.19

Reported always use latrine (2011)

1026

0.05

0.02–0.12

0.18

0.11–0.28

0.41

0.23–0.61

0.58

0.42–0.73

0.92

0.81–0.97

0.36

0.27–0.46

<0.01

Reported last use of latrine (No 2011)

9643

0.10

0.08–0.13

0.37

0.32–0.42

0.56

0.52–0.60

0.77

0.73–0.80

0.88

0.84–0.91

0.54

0.51–0.57

<0.01

Reported use of latrine (All)

10,669

0.10

0.08–0.12

0.35

0.30–0.40

0.55

0.51–0.59

0.76

0.72–0.79

0.88

0.85–0.91

0.53

0.50–0.55

<0.01

Worms in past year

10,251

0.34

0.29–0.39

0.35

0.29–0.42

0.33

0.27–0.39

0.36

0.32–0.41

0.37

0.31–0.43

0.35

0.32–0.37

0.85

Household owns latrine

10,986

0.13

0.11–0.16

0.43

0.39–0.46

0.63

0.60–0.65

0.81

0.79–0.82

0.95

0.94–0.96

0.59

0.56–0.61

<0.01

Household owns latrine in use

10,963

0.09

0.07–0.11

0.37

0.35–0.39

0.57

0.55–0.59

0.77

0.75–0.78

0.93

0.92–0.95

0.54

0.52–0.57

<0.01

Bathing water access < 30 min

10,769

0.49

0.41–0.56

0.57

0.48–0.65

0.62

0.53–0.70

0.71

0.64–0.78

0.68

0.59–0.75

0.61

0.58–0.65

<0.01

Improved drinking water source

10,792

0.38

0.30–0.46

0.53

0.42–0.63

0.56

0.46–0.64

0.55

0.46–0.63

0.63

0.54–0.72

0.52

0.48–0.56

<0.01

 Radio

10,770

0.12

0.09–0.14

0.14

0.10–0.20

0.21

0.17–0.25

0.23

0.19–0.26

0.25

0.21–0.31

0.19

0.17–0.21

<0.01

 TV

10,772

0.00

0.00–0.02

0.02

0.01–0.04

0.02

0.01–0.04

0.05

0.03–0.08

0.09

0.06–0.14

0.04

0.03–0.05

<0.01

 Electricity

10,766

0.01

0.00–0.03

0.07

0.03–0.15

0.08

0.04–0.14

0.19

0.13–0.27

0.22

0.15–0.30

0.11

0.09–0.14

<0.01

 Mobile phone

10,766

0.16

0.13–0.21

0.24

0.19–0.30

0.30

0.26–0.35

0.28

0.23–0.34

0.32

0.27–0.38

0.26

0.24–0.28

<0.01

 Iron roof

10,783

0.45

0.40–0.51

0.57

0.49–0.65

0.68

0.62–0.74

0.76

0.70–0.80

0.75

0.69–0.81

0.64

0.62–0.67

<0.01

Highest education of an adult

10,774

<0.01

None

0.53

0.47–0.58

0.49

0.42–0.56

0.42

0.37–0.49

0.39

0.34–0.43

0.36

0.30–0.43

0.44

0.41–0.46

Religious

0.03

0.02–0.05

0.02

0.01–0.03

0.03

0.02–0.05

0.05

0.03–0.07

0.03

0.02–0.05

0.03

0.03–0.04

Primary school

0.20

0.17–0.25

0.14

0.11–0.18

0.19

0.15–0.23

0.19

0.15–0.23

0.22

0.17–0.27

0.19

0.17–0.21

Junior secondary

0.15

0.12–0.17

0.21

0.17–0.25

0.21

0.18–0.24

0.19

0.17–0.22

0.21

0.18–0.26

0.19

0.18–0.20

Senior secondary

0.03

0.02–0.04

0.07

0.05–0.09

0.10

0.08–0.12

0.12

0.10–0.14

0.12

0.09–0.15

0.09

0.08–0.10

College/University

0.00

0.00–0.01

0.01

0.01–0.03

0.01

0.01–0.02

0.02

0.02–0.04

0.03

0.02–0.04

0.02

0.01–0.02

Non-formal education

0.05

0.04–0.08

0.06

0.04–0.09

0.04

0.03–0.05

0.05

0.03–0.07

0.03

0.02–0.05

0.05

0.04–0.05

Mean total of wealth indicators per household

576

0.68

0.59–0.76

0.92

0.78–1.07

1.23

1.08–1.37

1.45

1.28–1.61

1.67

1.47–1.87

1.19

1.12–1.26

<0.01

Population density (km⁻²)

574

451

206–695

414

198–629

405

237–573

1013

544–1481

1459

896–2023

764

596–933

<0.01

Has a health facility

553

0.08

0.04–0.14

0.19

0.12–0.29

0.23

0.16–0.33

0.18

0.12–0.26

0.30

0.21–0.40

0.19

0.16–0.23

<0.01

Elevation (m)

575

2043

1962–2124

2259

2140–2379

2263

2178–2348

2359

2250–2468

2317

2220–2415

2244

2215–2273

<0.01

Soil moisture (m³/m³)

575

0.25

0.24–0.26

0.26

0.25–0.27

0.26

0.25–0.28

0.29

0.28–0.29

0.29

0.28–0.30

0.27

0.27–0.27

<0.01