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Table 2 Environmental characteristics of the respondents in Ethiopia from January 18 to June 27, 2016 (N = 9501)

From: Empowering child health: Harnessing machine learning to predict acute respiratory infections in Ethiopian under-fives using demographic and health survey insights

Variables

Frequency (N)

Percent (%)

Source of drinking water

  

Improved

5,634

59.29

Not improved

3,739

39.35

Others*

128

1.34

Type of cooking fuel

  

Electricity

421

4.43

Charcoal

798

8.39

Wood

8,012

84.32

Others**

270

2.84

Type of toilet facility

  

Improved

1,486

15.64

Not improved

7,851

82.63

Others***

164

1.72

  1. *Other water sources: not a de jure resident, lake
  2. **Other fuel: Kerosene, straw/shrubs/grass, agricultural crop
  3. *** other toilet facilities: not a de jure resident, no facility/bush/field
  4. Improved water source, such as bottled water, a piped-in residence, a piped-in yard or plot, a public tap or standpipe, a tube well or borehole; Improved toilet facilities include composting toilets, pit latrines with slabs, vented improved pit latrines, flush to piped sewer systems, and septic tanks