Table 5 Summarised results from soap ranking activity where FGD participants were asked to rank different types of soap against a list of criteria describing various qualities of the soap (1 = the highest ranking and 6 = the lowest ranking)
| Â | Desirability | Pleasantness | Long lasting | Familiarity | Something that I really would want to use | A soap the kebele leader would be likely to use | Effective at killing germs | Easy to use | Water saving | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M |
Liquid soap | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Scented soap bar | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Normal soap | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Antibacterial soap | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Low-cost soap bar | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Laundry soap bar | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 |