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Table 5 Cross tabulations of toilet facilities and sources of water, stratified by urban and rural residence and education level

From: Risk factors for diarrhea hospitalization in Bangladesh, 2000–2008: a case-case study of cholera and shigellosis

 

Rural

  

Urban

  

Improved

Unimproved

  

Improved

Unimproved

  

Toilet

Toilet

  

Toilet

Toilet

  

Education

Water source

n

%a

n

%a

Total

P b

n

%a

n

%a

Total

P b

 

Tap

3

0.2

0

-

  

1,391

63.2

568

25.8

  

All levels

Tube well

43

2.9

119

7.9

  

81

3.7

141

6.4

  
 

Surface

76

5.0

1,266

84.0

1,507

<0.001

5

0.2

14

0.6

2,200

<0.001

 

Tap

1

0.1

0

-

  

1,007

57.8

525

30.2

  

None

Tube well

12

1.1

71

6.5

  

66

3.8

126

7.2

  
 

Surface

49

4.5

962

87.9

1,095

<0.001

4

0.2

13

0.7

1,741

<0.001

 

Tap

1

0.4

0

-

  

181

78.0

27

11.6

  

1-5 years

Tube well

13

4.9

31

11.6

  

11

4.7

11

4.7

  
 

Surface

15

5.6

208

77.6

268

<0.001

1

0.4

1

0.4

232

<0.001

 

Tap

0

-

0

-

  

132

87.4

13

8.6

  

6-9 years

Tube well

13

10.8

13

10.8

  

3

2.0

3

2.0

  
 

Surface

10

8.3

84

70.0

120

<0.001

0

-

0

-

151

0.016

 

Tap

1

4.2

0

-

  

71

93.4

3

3.9

  

>9 years

Tube well

5

20.8

4

16.7

  

1

1.3

1

1.3

  
 

Surface

2

8.3

12

50.0

24

0.037

0

-

0

-

76

0.103

  1. aPercentage of the total.
  2. b P-value from Fisher’s exact test.