Table 1 Demographic, access to hygiene materials, and messaging among participating women and household (HH) respondents, Maban County, 2013
From: Soap is not enough: handwashing practices and knowledge in refugee camps, Maban County, South Sudan
Variables | All respondents Mean (median, range); (weighted) | Subset of HH receiving structured observation Mean (median, range); weighted |
|---|---|---|
Demographics | ||
Age (years) | 31.3 (28.0, 18–90) | NA |
No. people in HH | 7.0 (6.0, 1–31) | 6.9 (6.0, 1–30) |
No. children under 5 years in HH | 1.8 (2.0, 0–9) | 1.7 (2.0, 0–6) |
All Respondents | Structured Observation Subset | |
% (n) | % (n) | |
Year arrived in Maban | ||
2011 | 58.5 % (351) | 49.5 % (67) |
2012 | 24.8 % (149) | 30.9 % (35) |
2013 | 0.5 % (3) | 0 |
Don’t Know | 16.2 % (97) | 19.6 % (26) |
Total | (600) | (128) |
Access to materials needed for handwashing | ||
Frequency of water availability | ||
Always | 21.3 % (128) | 19.1 % (23) |
Sometimes | 69.7 % (418) | 76.8 % (99) |
Rarely | 9.0 % (54) | 4.1 % (6) |
Self-reported time to walk to water source, collect water, and return | ||
Less than 5 min | 45.5 % (273) | 46.0 % (58) |
5–30 min | 38.8 % (233) | 40.3 % (52) |
Over 30 min | 13.7 % (82) | 11.9 % (15) |
Presence of Soap in HH (observed) | 97.2 % (575/596) | 96.6 % (123/128) |
Bought soap in last month | 33.6 % (201/600) | 37.4 % (48/128) |
Number of HH sharing latrine | ||
<4 | 58.6 % (347) | 61.4 % (75) |
≥5 | 41.4 % (214) | 38.6 % (39) |
Total | (561) | (114) |
Latrine had handwashing station | ||
Yes, overall | 64.3 % (376) | 74.6 % (88) |
Soap and water at handwashing station | ||
Yes, overall | 34.9 % (174) | --- |
Latrine had handwashing station | ||
1–4 HH sharing latrine-YES | 69.8 % (252) | 81.2 % (60) |
≥5 HH sharing latrine-YES | 58.4 % (118) | 67.7 % (27) |
Soap and water at handwashing station | 54.2 % (174/376) | 51.0 % (39/88) |
1–4 HH sharing latrine-YES | 53.7 % (113) | 53.8 % (28) |
≥5 HH sharing latrine-YES | 57.5 % (60) | 45.6 % (11) |
Received hygiene messaging in past 3 months | 84.5 % (514/600) | 86.8 % (113/128) |
Messaging talked about handwashing preventing disease | 93.2 % (479/514) | 92.3 % (104/128) |