Table 2 Women’s Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Knowledge (n = 550)
Question | Summary of Responses | Total Population | Proportion with Recent Diarrhea | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Count | % | Count | % of total sample | % for each category | ||
What are the most common effects of drinking unsafe water (more than one answer is acceptable)? | Vomiting | 39 | 7.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 2.6 |
Stomach ache | 42 | 7.6 | 6 | 1.1 | 14.3 | |
Amoeba | 64 | 11.6 | 13 | 2.4 | 20.3 | |
Infection | 10 | 1.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 10.0 | |
Typhoid | 168 | 30.5 | 36 | 6.5 | 21.4 | |
Cholera | 185 | 33.6 | 42 | 7.6 | 22.7 | |
Diarrhea | 271 | 49.3 | 31 | 5.6 | 11.4 | |
Who do you think is most affected by diarrhea (more than one answer is acceptable)? | Adults | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Children (under 5) | 263 | 47.8 | 38 | 6.9 | 14.4 | |
Elderly people | 25 | 4.5 | 6 | 1.1 | 24.0 | |
Pregnant women | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Adult men | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Adult women | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Everyone | 309 | 56.2 | 55 | 10.0 | 17.8 | |
Other (specify) | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 100.0 | |
How does a person get diarrhea (more than one answer is acceptable)? | Dirty hands | 450 | 81.8 | 80 | 14.5 | 17.8 |
It’s part of a child’s growth | 60 | 10.9 | 8 | 1.5 | 13.3 | |
Black magic/witchcraft | 32 | 5.8 | 5 | 0.9 | 15.6 | |
Germs | 467 | 84.9 | 81 | 14.7 | 17.3 | |
Dirty food | 473 | 86.0 | 81 | 14.7 | 17.1 | |
Poor hygiene | 454 | 82.5 | 79 | 14.4 | 17.4 | |
Flies | 379 | 68.9 | 64 | 11.6 | 16.9 | |
Dirty water | 449 | 81.6 | 80 | 14.5 | 17.8 | |
Open defecation/bags/buckets | 347 | 63.1 | 64 | 11.6 | 18.4 | |
Other (specify) | 11 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
How can you prevent yourself and your family members from getting diarrhea (more than one answer is acceptable)? | Do not know | 6 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.4 | 33.3 |
Drink clean water | 492 | 89.5 | 83 | 15.1 | 16.9 | |
Wash your food before eating | 476 | 86.5 | 85 | 15.5 | 17.9 | |
Cook foods | 344 | 62.5 | 46 | 8.4 | 13.4 | |
Toilet use | 450 | 81.8 | 82 | 14.9 | 18.2 | |
Treating water | 434 | 78.9 | 78 | 14.2 | 18.0 | |
Washing hands with water and soap/ash | 428 | 77.8 | 77 | 14.0 | 18.0 | |
Covering food | 428 | 77.8 | 71 | 12.9 | 16.6 | |
Avoiding open defecation/bags/buckets | 386 | 70.2 | 68 | 12.4 | 17.6 | |
Going to a traditional healer | 18 | 3.3 | 3 | 0.5 | 16.7 | |
Prayer | 71 | 12.9 | 9 | 1.6 | 12.7 | |
Storing water safely | 252 | 45.8 | 54 | 9.8 | 21.4 | |
Other (specify) | 5 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Kindly give me the key times you usually wash your hands (more than one answer is acceptable)? | Never | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Before eating | 543 | 98.7 | 89 | 16.2 | 16.4 | |
After eating | 503 | 91.5 | 85 | 15.5 | 16.9 | |
After defecation | 417 | 75.8 | 76 | 13.8 | 18.2 | |
After urination | 300 | 54.5 | 59 | 10.7 | 19.7 | |
After toilet use | 485 | 88.2 | 81 | 14.7 | 16.7 | |
After handling animals | 148 | 26.9 | 12 | 2.2 | 8.1 | |
After handling babies’ feces/diaper | 402 | 73.1 | 80 | 14.5 | 19.9 | |
After handling rubbish | 334 | 60.7 | 66 | 12.0 | 19.8 | |
When they are visibly dirty | 323 | 58.7 | 53 | 9.6 | 16.4 | |
After handling manure | 126 | 22.9 | 11 | 2.0 | 8.7 | |
Other (specify) | 5 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.2 | 20.0 | |