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- Addisalem Workie Demsash
- Masresha Derese Tegegne
- Sisay Maru Wubante
- Agmasie Damtew Walle
- Dereje Oljira Donacho
- Andualem Fentahun Senishaw
- Milkias Dugassa Emanu
- Mequannent Sharew Melaku
Abstract
Background: Billions of people have faced the problem of accessing appropriate sanitation services. This study aimed to explore the spatial distribution of households’ access to sanitation services and identify associated factors in Ethiopia. Methods: The 2019 Ethiopian Mini Demographic and Health Survey data was used with a total of 6261 weighted samples. A cross-sectional study design with a two-stage cluster sampling technique was used. Global Moran’s I statistic measure, Getis-Ord Gi*, and the ordinary Kriging Gaussian interpolation were used for spatial autocorrelation, hot spot analysis, and interpolation of unsampled areas, respectively. A purely spatial Bernoulli-based model was employed to determine the geographical locations of the most likely clusters. A multilevel logistic regression model was used, and predictors with a P value of less than 0.05 with a 95% CI were considered significant factors. Results: Overall, 19.7% of households had access to improved sanitation services in Ethiopia. Poor sanitation service access was significantly clustered, with hotspots of poor access identified in the South Nations Nationality and People’s Region (SNNPR), Oromia, Amhara, and Benishangul Gumuz regions. A total of 275 significant clusters were identified. Households in the circled area were more vulnerable to poor sanitation service access. Rural households, on-premises water access, media exposure, and rich wealth status were statistically significant factors for access to sanitation services. Conclusions: Access to sanitation services among households in Ethiopia is insufficient. The majority of the households had no access to sanitation services. Stakeholders are recommended to raise household members’ awareness of sanitation services, give priority to the hotspot areas, and encourage poor households to have access to toilet facilities. Household members recommended using the available sanitation service and keeping the sanitation service clean. Households are recommended to construct clean shared sanitation facilities.
Suggested Citation
Addisalem Workie Demsash & Masresha Derese Tegegne & Sisay Maru Wubante & Agmasie Damtew Walle & Dereje Oljira Donacho & Andualem Fentahun Senishaw & Milkias Dugassa Emanu & Mequannent Sharew Melaku, 2023.
"Spatial and multilevel analysis of sanitation service access and related factors among households in Ethiopia: Using 2019 Ethiopian national dataset,"
PLOS Global Public Health, Public Library of Science, vol. 3(4), pages 1-17, April.
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RePEc:plo:pgph00:0001752
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001752
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