Sanitation Practices

Behavioral Determinants

Perceived behavioral control: Able to keep child out of the dirt

Beliefs: Understands how ingestion of soil or feces affects child’s health¹

% Yes

% No

p

% Mostly correct

% Mostly incorrect

p

Infant\child feces are disposed of in a safe place

77.6

72.5

<0.001

74.4

75.3

0.475

Mother has not seen child eat soil

42.9

49.6

<0.001

48.0

44.6

0.025

Area around house is swept

41.5

47.4

<0.001

38.1

46.9

<0.001

Floor inside house is swept

70.3

71.4

0.444

78.5

67.1

<0.001

Has livestock enclosures

10.7

13.2

0.007

12.6

11.4

0.206

No rubbish in compound

33.4

40.0

<0.001

32.3

38.1

<0.001

Appearance of inside of house is clean

71.0

71.7

0.606

79.2

67.4

<0.001