Table 2 Household access to water sources and sanitation facilities aggregated by villages (N = 905)
Characteristic | Karima N (%) | Rurumi N (%) | Kasarani N (%) | Kirogo N (%) | Kamucege N (%) | Block N (%) | Gakungu N (%) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Source of water | ||||||||
 Piped water | 0 (0) | 7 (3.0) | 19 (15.7) | 9 (9.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 13 (12.1) | 48 (5.3) |
 Borehole | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 49 (49.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0(0) | 49 (5.4) |
 Protected dug well | 0 (0) | 0(0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 10(9.5) | 6 (4.7) | 6 (0.7) |
 Rainwater collection | 2 (1.8) | 21 (9.1) | 2 (1.7) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.9) | 4 (3.7) | 32 (3.5) |
 Other sources | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (4.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0(0) | 5 (0.6) |
 Surface water/ unprotected dug well | 112(98.2) | 202 (87.2) | 95 (78.5) | 41 (41.0) | 128 (100) | 103 (98.1) | 84 (78.5) | 765 (84.5) |
Time taken to fetch water | ||||||||
 On premises | 0 (0) | 59 (25.7) | 93 (76.9) | 49 (49.0) | 19 (14.8) | 23 (21.9) | 54 (50.5) | 297 (32.8) |
 Less than thirty minutes | 111 (97.4) | 147 (63.9) | 28 (23.1) | 51 (51.0) | 109 (85.2) | 82 (78.1) | 50 (46.7) | 578 (63.9) |
 More than thirty minutes | 3 (2.6) | 24 (10.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (2.8) | 30 (3.3) |
Sanitation facility | ||||||||
 VIP/Simple latrine with floor slab | 98 (86.0) | 149 (64.8) | 104 (85.9) | 91 (91.0) | 87 (68.0) | 60 (57.1) | 89 (83.2) | 678 (74.8) |
 Pit latrine without floor slab | 16 (14) | 62 (27.0) | 12 (9.9) | 7 (7.0) | 38 (29.7) | 45 (42.9) | 18 (16.8) | 198 (21.9) |
 Other | 0 (0) | 8 (3.5) | 5 (4.2) | 2 (2.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 15 (1.7 |
 No facility | 0 (0) | 11 (4.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (2.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 14 (1.6) |
Reported sanitation access | ||||||||
 Shared | 25 (78.1) | 45 (20.5) | 30 (24.8) | 25 (25.0) | 33 (25.8) | 18 (17.1) | 18 (16.8) | 194 (21.7) |
 Not shared | 89 (21.9) | 174 (79.5) | 91 (75.2) | 75 (75.0) | 95 (74.2) | 87 (82.9) | 89 (83.2) | 700 (78.3) |
Toilet in use | ||||||||
 Yes | 114 (100) | 226 (98.3) | 120 (99.2) | 100 (100) | 0 (0) | 103 (98.1) | 107 (100) | 898 (99.2) |
 No | 0 (0) | 4 (1.7) | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.9) | 0 (0) | 7 (0.8) |
Visible faeces on the edges | ||||||||
 Yes | 17 (14.9) | 52 (27.4) | 10 (8.3) | 21 (21.0) | 37 (28.9) | 31 (29.5) | 20 (18.7) | 188 (21.0) |
 No | 97 (85.1) | 167 (72.6) | 111 (91.7) | 79 (79.0) | 91 (71.1) | 74 (70.5) | 87 (81.3) | 706 (79.0) |
Household has child (ren) under 3 years | ||||||||
 Yes | 17 (14.9) | 74 (32.2) | 37 (30.6) | 28 (28.0) | 26 (20.3) | 19 (18.1) | 47 (43.9) | 248 (27.4) |
 No | 97 (85.1) | 156 (67.8) | 84 (69.4) | 72 (72.0) | 102(79.7) | 86 (81.9) | 60 (56.1) | 657 (72.6) |
Disposal of feaces for under 3 years | ||||||||
 Child used toilet/ latrine | 1 (6.0) | 15 (20.3) | 12 (32.4) | 8 (28.6) | 13 (50) | 13 (68.4) | 16 (30.1) | 78(31.4) |
 Other | 16 (94.0) | 55 (74.3) | 24 (64.9) | 17 (60.7) | 12 (46.2) | 0 (0) | 30 (63.8) | 154 (62.1) |
 Put/ rinsed in toilet/ latrine | 0 (0) | 4 (5.4) | 1 (0.7) | 3 (10.7) | 1 (3.8) | 6 (31.6) | 1 (6.1) | 16 (6.5) |