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Table 10.20 Disposal of children's stool
Percent distribution of children under five years of age by way in which child's fecal matter is disposed of, according to
background characteristics and type of toilet facilities in households, Ethiopia 2000
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Stool contained
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Stool uncontained
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Child
always Thrown
uses into Buried Thrown Thrown Not Number
Background toilet/ toilet/ in outside outside Washed disposed Other/ of
characteristic latrine latrine yard dwelling yard away of Missing Total children
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Residence
Urban
Rural
3.5 44.5 4.0 13.0 24.3 10.2 0.0 0.3 100.0 811
0.4 4.0 14.5 35.3 32.2 12.2 1.1 0.3 100.0 6,606
Region
Tigray
Affar
Amhara
Oromiya
Somali
Benishangul-Gumuz
SNNP
Gambela
Harari
Addis Ababa
Dire Dawa
Mother's eucation
No education
Primary
Secondary and higher
Toilet facilities
None
Pit latrine
Improved latrine
Flush toilet
Total
0.7 7.5 2.7 9.8 72.2 6.2 0.9 0.0 100.0 505
0.8 1.5 4.4 29.2 44.5 17.2 1.7 0.6 100.0 74
0.7 3.0 14.7 39.5 30.6 11.3 0.1 0.2 100.0 2,071
0.9 8.2 20.9 23.3 32.5 12.6 1.1 0.5 100.0 2,855
0.0 18.4 4.7 7.4 68.2 1.3 0.0 0.0 100.0 80
0.3 17.3 3.5 55.7 18.3 4.8 0.0 0.0 100.0 76
0.5 10.5 4.0 52.2 17.0 13.8 2.1 0.1 100.0 1,567
0.8 12.3 0.9 31.4 40.0 8.3 6.4 0.0 100.0 19
0.0 27.7 3.4 28.9 17.6 22.5 0.0 0.0 100.0 15
1.1 60.8 2.1 5.4 11.3 18.9 0.2 0.1 100.0 132
0.2 49.8 3.9 7.3 34.2 4.2 0.0 0.3 100.0 24
0.6 4.6 14.0 34.8 32.9 11.8 1.1 0.3 100.0 6,090
0.4 16.1 13.5 29.5 27.5 11.9 0.8 0.4 100.0 928
3.0 49.0 3.1 12.1 17.8 14.9 0.0 0.1 100.0 399
0.3 0.3 14.6 36.8 34.6 11.9 1.1 0.3 100.0 6,336
3.2 55.1 6.0 10.0 12.7 12.7 0.1 0.2 100.0 1,049
0.3 88.4 0.0 1.1 3.5 6.8 0.0 0.0 100.0 17
0.0 82.4 0.0 2.1 3.6 11.1 0.0 0.8 100.0 15
0.7 8.4 13.3 32.9 31.4 12.0 1.0 0.3 100.0 7,417
rural areas is thrown outside the dwelling, or thrown in the yard, whereas this is true for 37 percent of
the cases in urban areas. Regional variations in the way the child’s feces are disposed of are large. For
example, the percentage of children whose stool is disposed of into a toilet or latrine ranges from 2
percent in the Affar Region to 61 percent in Addis Ababa. Furthermore, 72 percent of children’s stool
is thrown outside in the yard in the Tigray Region, compared with 11 percent in Addis Ababa. Similarly,
large differences are observed by mother’s educational level. For more than half the children
(55 percent) born to women with secondary and higher education, stool is disposed of in a correct way
(child uses toilet, child’s stool thrown in toilet or buried in yard), compared with 19 percent of children
of mothers with no education.
The availability of toilet facilities impacts the way a household disposes of children’s feces.
Eighty-eight percent of children living in households with an improved latrine, have their stool thrown
in the toilet, compared with less than 1 percent of children living in households with no toilet facility.
Households with no toilet facility are much more likely than other households to dispose of their child’s
stool outside the dwelling or in the yard.
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