Variable

Category

Frequency (%)

Have you heard about environmental sanitation

(n = 420)

*Sources of information

(n = 399)

Yes

No

Television

Radio

Community meetings

399 (95.0)

21 (5.0)

236 (59.1)

226 (56.6)

165 (41.4)

*What is the objective of Environmental Sanitation?

(n = 399)

*What constitutes appropriate Environmental Sanitation?

(n = 399)

*Types of appropriate waste disposal methods known (n = 334)

*Consequences of inappropriate sanitation practices

(n = 399)

Health personnel

Market

Newspaper

Neighbours

Friends/relatives

Poster/sign boards

internet

Sanitation agencies

Promoting health

Preventing diseases

Personal cleanliness

Avoid contact with people

Waste disposal

Hand washing

Safe guarding food

Sewage disposal

Provision of safe water

Provision of good housing

Open dumping

Sanitary land fill

Incineration/burning

Recycling

Hog feeding

Composting

Causes infection

Unhealthy living conditions

Blocks drainages

Pollutes water bodies

Provides breeding sites

Causes injuries

Provides criminal hideouts

129 (32.3)

109 (27.3)

101 (25.3)

91 (22.8)

77 (19.3)

62 (15.5)

43 (10.8)

20 (5.0)

294 (73.7)

189 (47.4)

46 (11.5)

38 (9.5)

334 (83.7)

296 (74.2)

256 (64.2)

185 (46.4)

143 (35.8)

25 (6.3)

230 (68.9)

138 (41.3)

125 (37.4)

99 (29.6)

68 (20.4)

62 (18.6)

290 (72.7)

277 (69.4)

269 (67.4)

254 (63.7)

229 (57.4)

228 (57.1)

83 (20.8)