Factors associated with latrine utilization among model and non-model families in Laelai Maichew Woreda, Aksum, Tigray, Ethiopia: comparative community based study

Factors associated with latrine utilization among model and non-model families in Laelai Maichew Woreda, Aksum, Tigray, Ethiopia: comparative community based study

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Abstract Objective The study was conducted on 313 model and 313 non model households to assess latrine utilization and factors affecting among model and non-model families.Result About 225 (71.9%) model and 144 (46%) non-model participants declared that they utilize their latrine which gave the overall utilization rate of 369 (58.9%).Households with primary swish supreme glide track white and above education were two times (AOR = 2.

03, 95% CI 1.427, 4.638) more likely to utilize latrine as compared with illiterate households.Cleanness of the latrine was also found to be associated with latrine utilization in both model and non-model families.Age, type 2334-080 of latrine, latrine supper structure, cleanness and observable soap near the latrine in model families and age, educational status, occupation, latrine privacy and cleanness in non-model families were identified as a statistical significant factor for latrine utilization.