Table 5 Farmers personal hygiene practices and diarrhea presentation
Practices | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Restricted entry into pigsty | |
Yes | 3 (12.5) |
No | 21 (87.5) |
Getting soiled with pig faeces when cleaning pigsty | |
Yes | 26 (100.0) |
No | 0 (0.0) |
Average number of times, in a day, farmer enters pigsty | |
1 | 5 (19.2) |
2 | 17 (65.3) |
3 | 3 (11.5) |
4 | 1 (3.8) |
Frequency of washing farm clothing, in a week | |
None | 5 (19.2) |
Once | 15 (57.7) |
Twice | 6 (23.1) |
Person that washes farm clothing | |
Self | 15 (57.7) |
Spouse | 7 (26.7) |
Child | 4 (15.3) |
Disinfecting of farm clothing with domestic bleach before washing | |
Yes | 1 (3.8) |
No | 25 (96.2) |
Using protective glove to wash farm clothing | |
Yes | 3 (11.5) |
No | 23 (88.5) |