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Table 2 Environmental characteristics of the respondents in rural Ethiopia from January 18 to June 27, 2016 (n = 7911)

From: Determinants of acute respiratory infection among under-five children in rural Ethiopia

Variables

Categories

Presence of ARI

Total

P-value

No (%)

Yes (%)

Type of cooking fuel

Unsafe/unclean

7247 (92.2)

616 (8.3)

7863

0.898

Safe/clean

44 (91.7)

4 (7.8)

48

Type of water source

Not improved

4714 (90.8)

476 (9.2)

5190

0.000

Improved

2577 (94.7)

144 (5.3)

2721

Month of data collection

January

496 (87.5)

71 (12.5)

567

0.000

February

1647 (91.2)

158 (8.8)

1805

March

1780 (94.0)

113 (6.0)

1893

April

1658 (93.0)

124 (7.0)

1782

May

1532 (91.6)

140 (8.4)

1672

June

178 (92.7)

14 (7.3)

192