Table 5 Comparison of household sanitation factors across regions: riverine and mainland, October-November 2011
Respondent characteristic | Riverine | Mainland | Chi-squared | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |||
Litres (15+) | 205 | 52.3 % | 216 | 57.3 % | 1.742 | .187 |
Time (<30) | 133 | 34.2 % | 123 | 31.1 % | 0.697 | .404 |
Accessible (15+ & <30) | 47 | 12.1 % | 52 | 13.5 % | 0.222 | .637 |
Protected | 141 | 35.9 % | 229 | 57.7 % | 36.840 | .000 |
Safe | 230 | 58.5 % | 310 | 78.1 % | 34.038 | .000 |
Treated | 152 | 38.7 % | 220 | 56.8 % | 25.084 | .000 |
Prot & safe/treat | 125 | 31.8 % | 221 | 55.7 % | 44.716 | .000 |
Unrestricted | 23 | 5.9 % | 31 | 8.0 % | 1.053 | .305 |
2+ hand wash | 357 | 90.8 % | 361 | 91.2 % | 0.001 | .973 |
Latrine | 83 | 21.1 % | 163 | 41.2 % | 35.996 | .000 |
Clean latrine | 69 | 74.2 % | 155 | 89.6 % | 9.664 | .002 |
Hand wash latrine | 43 | 46.2 % | 90 | 52.0 % | 19.005 | .000 |
Kitchen | 261 | 66.4 % | 266 | 67.0 % | 0.010 | .920 |
Drying rack | 126 | 32.1 % | 148 | 37.8 % | 2.149 | .143 |
Rubbish pit | 129 | 32.8 % | 203 | 51.1 % | 16.427 | .000 |