Characteristics (n=595) |
Categories |
Frequency |
Percent (%) |
Head of household |
Male |
576 |
96.8 |
Female |
19 |
3.2 |
Paternal educational status |
Can’t read and write |
74 |
12.4 |
Primary |
427 |
71.8 |
Secondary |
56 |
9.4 |
Diploma and above |
38 |
6.4 |
Occupation of husband |
Farmer |
383 |
64.4 |
Government employee |
40 |
6.7 |
Merchant |
144 |
24.2 |
Other (Private employee, daily labor) |
28 |
4.7 |
Family size |
≤ 5 |
444 |
74.6 |
> 5 |
151 |
25.4 |
Wealth index |
Poor |
238 |
40 |
Middle |
119 |
20 |
Rich |
238 |
40 |
Household DDS |
Low |
82 |
13.8 |
Medium |
480 |
80.7 |
High |
33 |
5.5 |
Source of drinking water |
Unprotected |
156 |
26.2 |
Protected |
439 |
73.8 |
Having latrine |
Yes |
573 |
96.3 |
No |
22 |
3.7 |
Method to dispose garbage |
Open field |
439 |
73.8 |
In a privet pit |
101 |
17 |
Burning |
39 |
6.6 |
Other (common pit, composting) |
16 |
2.6 |
Hand washing with soap (at critical times) |
Yes |
583 |
98 |
No |
12 |
2 |