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Table 3 Health and household environment-related characteristics of school adolescents girls in Megale district, Afar Regional state, Northeastern Ethiopia, April, 2017 (n = 736)

From: Assessment of nutritional status and associated factors among adolescent girls in Afar, Northeastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variables Categories n %
Availability of home latrine Yes 168 22.8
No 568 77.2
Type of home latrine Pit latrine 168 100
Home latrine utilization Yes 162 96.4
No 6 3.6
Availability of school latrine Yes 736 100
School latrine utilization Yes 582 79.1
No 154 20.9
Availability of water & soap/ ash near home latrine for hand washing Yes 16 2.2
No 720 97.8
Hand washing with soap/ ash after latrine utilization Yes 178 24.2
No 558 75.8
Source of drinking water Protected 276 37.5
Unprotected 460 62.5
Waste disposal method Open field 702 95.4
Pit 34 4.6
Menstruation started Yes 206 28.0
No 530 72.0
History of illness in the last 2 weeks Yes 112 15.2
No 624 84.8
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