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. 2011 Jun 24;11:495. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-495

Table 3.

Household level water use survey responses

Water Use Survey Questions Frequency (%)
Observed Amount of Water stored in House (L)*
< 20 39 (22.8%)
20-40 47 (27.5%)
40-60 16 (9.4%)
60-80 18 (10.5%)
80-100 10 (5.9%)
100+ 41 (24.0%)
Decision maker for Household Water Use Priorities*
Female (male spouse is head of household) 125 (72.3%)
Female (female is head of household) 45 (26.0%)
Male Head of Household 1 (0.6%)
Frequency of Face Washing
< 1/day 3 (1.7%)
1/day 68 (39.3%)
> 1/day 102 (59.0%)
Reason Other Children's Faces are not Washed**
Water too scarce 121 (69.9%)
Mother is Lazy 27 (15.6%)
Mother thinks it's not important 95 (54.9%)
Mother too busy 74 (42.8%)
Mother refuses to wash children 6 (14.6%)
Children don't want to be washed 2 (4.9%)
Mother forgets to wash children 2 (4.9%)
No Soap 2 (4.9%)

*2 households missing a response

**persons allowed multiple free responses