Table 3.
Water, hygiene and sanitation (WASH) practices in the community.
| Practices and choices | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Water | |
| Main sources of drinking water# | |
| Piped water | 218 (54.5) |
| Protected well | 256 (64.0) |
| Tube well | 8 (2.0) |
| Delivered water | 14 (3.5) |
| Main source of water for household purposes# | |
| Piped water | 278 (69.5) |
| Protected well | 376 (94.0) |
| Tube well | 5 (1.3) |
| Delivered water | 2 (0.5) |
| Availability of drinking water at the primary source# | |
| Always | 365 (89.0) |
| Most of the time | 1 (0.3) |
| Sometimes | 43 (10.8) |
| Storage of drinking water before consumption in households# | |
| Steel containers | 392 (98.0) |
| Earthen vessels | 32 (8.0) |
| Plastic containers | 2 (0.5) |
| Disinfection of drinking water before consumption# | |
| Boiling | 400 (100) |
| Water filters | 1 (0.3) |
| Chlorine tablets | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
| Sanitation and waste disposal | |
| Access to improved sanitation | |
| Toilets within the premises of the house | 400 (100) |
| Shared or community toilets | 0 |
| No access to toilets | 0 |
| If toilet present in the premises of the house, type | |
| Flush/pour toilet connected to septic tank | 399 (99.7) |
| Flush/pour toilet connected to pit latrine | 1 (0.3) |
| Flush/pour toilet connected to sewerage system | 0 |
| Bore hole latrine | 0 |
| Availability of soap in the toilets for hand washing | |
| Soap bar | 392 (98.0) |
| Liquid Soap | 1 (0.3) |
| Both | 7 (1.7) |
| No soap | 0 |
| Family members washing hands after using toilets | |
| Always | 399 (99.7) |
| Most of the times | 1 (0.3) |
| Some of the times | 0 |
| Never | 0 |
| Methods for disposing household waste# | |
| Use formal service provider who do collection | 396 (99.0) |
| Dispose in household yard | 384 (96.0) |
| Designated areas in the village | 2 (0.5) |
| Open dumping | 0 |
| Composting | 0 |
| Methods for disposing household waste water | |
| Drains connected to soakage pits/pits | 397 (99.2) |
| Drains connected to septic tank | 3 (0.8) |
| Surface run-off | 0 |
| Methods for disposing unused or expired medicines, including antimicrobials | |
| Along with household garbage | 400 (100) |
| Returned to pharmacies | 0 |
| Specialized disposal | 0 |
| Hand-washing facilities inside the house# | |
| Tap and Sink | 400 (100) |
| Pour-type | 18 (4.5) |
| No facility inside the house | 0 |
| Availability of soap for hand-washing | |
| Soap bar | 395 (98.8) |
| Liquid Soap | 5 (1.2) |
| No soap available | 0 |
| Adherence of family members to hand washing before meals | |
| Always before meals | 400 (100) |
| Most of the times before meds | 0 |
| Sometimes before meals | 0 |
| Never | 0 |
#Totals are not equal to sample size because of multiple responses by the same respondents.