Table 2.

Misperceptions about local household drinking water treatment practices among women with children <5 years old across eight villages in Rwampara District, southwest Uganda (N = 274)

Variables	Incorrectly Believed that Most Women with Young Children in Own Village Take No Action to Make Household Drinking Water Safer		Incorrectly Believed that Most Women with Young Children in Own Village do not Boil Household Drinking Water
	n	%	n	%
Total	119	43	139	51
Age, Years
18–29	34	52	40	61
30–39	48	40	56	46
40–49	32	46	34	49
≥50	5	33	5	33
Education
None/Some Primary Education	55	47	59	50
Completed Primary Education or More	64	41	76	49
Marital Status
Not Married/Cohabiting	12	30	15	38
Married/Cohabiting as if Married	107	46	120	51
Household Asset Wealth
1st Quintile Poorest	36	49	41	56
2nd Quintile	30	45	31	46
3rd Quintile	20	34	29	50
4th Quintile	21	49	22	51
5th Quintile Least Poor	12	36	12	36
Main Source for Household Drinking Water
Gravity Flow Scheme	54	61	60	68
Other Kind of Tap	17	36	19	40
Well	21	37	24	42
Spring	25	37	30	44
Other	2	14	2	14
Acceptable Quality of Water is Primary Reason for Water Source
No	61	40	69	46
Yes	48	53	55	60
Unknown	10	31	11	34
Household Water Insecurity
Secure	57	48	58	48
Mild	10	40	12	48
Moderate	29	44	34	52
Severe	22	50	24	55
Neighbors’ Reports of Own Household Water Treatment Practices
All Neighbors Take At Least One Action to Make Drinking Water Safer	44	37	50	42
Has One or More Neighbors Who Take No Action to Make Drinking Water Safer	70	49	79	56
Has No Close Neighbors	5	38	6	46
Diarrhea in Past 2 Weeks
No	116	45	131	50
Yes	3	21	4	29