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Table 4 Household infrastructures observation

From: Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to Taenia solium cysticercosis and taeniasis in Tanzania

 

Mbulu

Mpwapwa

Rungwe

Mbinga

Total

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

p-value

121

122

119

121

483

 

Households with toilet

90/120 (67)

100/110 (91)

101/117 (86)

71/115 (62)

362/462 (78)

 < 0.001

Complete toilet wall

75/90 (83)

98/100 (98)

100/101 (99)

68/71 (96)

341/362 (94)

 < 0.001

Complete toilet roof

65/86 (76)

75/94 (80)

76/95 (80)

56/69 (81)

272/344 (79)

0.850

Toilet floor material

Clay/sand

70/86 (81)

67/94 (71)

52/95 (55)

30/69 (43)

219/344 (64)

 < 0.001

Cement

15/86 (17)

27/94 (29)

35/95 (37)

34/69 (49)

111/344 (32)

Wood/tiles

1/86 (1)

0/94 (0)

8/95 (8)

5/69 (7)

14/344 (4)

Type of toilet

Flushing/pour toilet

3/84 (4)

10/97 (10)

31/95 (33)

25/68 (37)

69/343 (20)

 < 0.001

Pit latrine

81/84 (96)

87/97 (90)

64/95 (67)

43/68 (63)

274/343 (80)

Faeces seen on toilet floor

1/86 (1)

1/94 (1)

1/95 (1)

0/69 (0)

3/344 (1)

0.577

Hand washing facilities in toilet

Yes, ≤ 5 m

19/86 (22)

20/94 (21)

44/95 (46)

33/69 (48)

116/344 (34)

 < 0.001

Yes, > 5 m

2/86 (2)

2/94 (2)

0/95 (0)

0/69 (0)

4/344 (1)

No hand washing facilities

65/86 (76)

60/94 (64)

52/95 (55)

36/69 (52)

213/344 (62)

Hand washing soap in toilet

11/86 (13)

14/94 (15)

11/95 (12)

1/69 (1)

37/344 (11)

 < 0.001

Presence of pigpen in the household

65/120 (54)

83/110 (75)

77/117 (66)

68/115 (59)

234/462 (51)

0.012

Pigpen floor materials

Sand/clay

56/65 (86)

73/87 (88)

59/77 (77)

9/68 (13)

197/234 (67)

 < 0.001

Cement

2/65 (3)

6/83 (7)

2/77 (3)

33/68 (49)

43/234 (15)

Wood

4/65 (6)

4/83 (5)

13/77 (17)

26/68 (38)

47/234 (16)

Other materials

3/65 (4)

0/83 (0)

3/77 (3)

0/68 (0)

6/234 (2)

  1. All p-values are based on a Chi-square analysis of numbers across the four districts