Table 2 The characteristics of home environmental factors among children in Ayder referral hospital, Mekelle, Ethiopia, 2014
Variable | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Home surrounding description | Open spaces or fields nearby Many parks or gardens Few parks or gardens No parks or gardens | 169 76 155 70 | 36.0 16.2 33.0 14.9 |
People living in the house | <4 >4 | 195 275 | 41.5 58.5 |
Number of siblings | 0–1 2–3 4 or more | 200 222 48 | 42.6 47.2 10.2 |
House type | Single and detached Apartment | 390 80 | 83 17 |
Roof of house | Corrugated Thatched | 437 33 | 93 7 |
Floor of house | Mud Cement | 211 259 | 44.9 55.1 |
Is their carpeted room/s | Yes No | 144 326 | 30.6 69.4 |
Source of water | Pipe Well River Spring | 399 501110 | 84.9 10.62.32.1 |
Wood as fuel for cooking | Never Some times Every day | 43 133 294 | 9.1 28.3 62.6 |
Electricity fuel for cooking | Never Some times Every day | 245 137 88 | 52.1 29.1 18.7 |
Kerosene fuel for cooking | Never Some times Every day | 396 57 17 | 84.3 12.1 3.6 |
Animals living in the house | Yes No | 301 169 | 64.0 36.0 |
Pets contact at 1Â year of age | Yes No | 245 212 | 53.6 46.4 |
Pets contact after 1Â year | Yes No | 173 282 | 38.0 62.0 |
Indoor smoking Exposure | Yes No | 56 414 | 11.9 88.1 |
Use of insecticide | Yes No | 144 326 | 30.6 69.4 |