Table 1 Background Characteristics of Children and Caregivers
From: Factors associated with rural-urban safe disposal of children stools in Ghana
Indicators | Percentage (%) | Number |
|---|---|---|
Disposal of toilet | Â | Â |
Safe | 22.2 | 2705 |
Not safe | 77.8 | 771 |
Place of residence | Â | Â |
Rural | 61.1 | 2,125 |
Urban | 38.9 | 1,351 |
Sex | Â | Â |
Male | 49.4 | 1,719 |
Female | 50.6 | 1,757 |
Age of the child | Â | Â |
0–5 months | 25.6 | 891 |
6–11 months | 26.0 | 904 |
12–17 months | 23.7 | 823 |
18–23 months | 24.7 | 858 |
Age | Â | Â |
15–24 | 33.9 | 1,177 |
25–34 | 43.5 | 1,511 |
35–49 | 22.7 | 788 |
Education | Â | Â |
No education | 27.2 | 946 |
Primary | 18.8 | 654 |
JSS/JHS/Middle | 35.7 | 1,242 |
Secondary+ | 18.3 | 634 |
Marital status | Â | Â |
In union | 82.9 | 2,883 |
Not in union | 17.1 | 593 |
Socio-economic status | Â | Â |
Non-poor | 32.5 | 1,131 |
Average | 37.4 | 1,300 |
Poor | 30.1 | 1,045 |
Ecological zone | Â | Â |
Coastal | 37.1 | 1,288 |
Forest | 31.7 | 1,102 |
Savanna | 31.2 | 1,086 |
Listening to Radio | Â | Â |
No | 39.9 | 1.388 |
Yes | 60.1 | 2,088 |
Watching Television | Â | Â |
No | 36.2 | 1,257 |
Yes | 63.8 | 2,219 |
Drinking water | Â | Â |
Improved | 73.8 | 2218 |
Unimproved | 36.2 | 1,258 |
Toilet | Â | Â |
Improved | 50.8 | 1,767 |
Unimproved | 49.2 | 1,709 |
Total | 100.0 | 3476 |