Table 3.
Latrine use pattern of 319 schoolchildren in two rural communes of Northern Vietnam
| Variable | Total of respondent | Where did you urinate yesterday?* | Where did you defecate yesterday?* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open urination | School latrine | Home latrine | Total of responses | Open defecation | School latrine | Home latrine | Total of responses | ||
| Aggregated | 319 | 55% | 18% | 45% | 378 | 53% | 3% | 44% | 318 |
| Gender | |||||||||
| Male | 165 | 55% | 22% | 48% | 207 | 53% | 3% | 44% | 165 |
| Female | 154 | 54% | 14% | 43% | 171 | 54% | 2% | 44% | 153 |
| Ethnic groups | |||||||||
| Kinh-Tày | 170 | 44% | 19% | 54% | 199 | 45% | 3% | 52% | 171 |
| Xa phó | 33 | 52% | 18% | 48% | 39 | 45% | 0 | 45% | 30 |
| Day | 116 | 72% | 17% | 32% | 140 | 67% | 3% | 31% | 117 |
| Grade | |||||||||
| Grade 1 | 62 | 63% | 5% | 27% | 59 | 60% | 2% | 31% | 57 |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 52% | 12% | 45% | 124 | 54% | 4% | 42% | 113 |
| Grade 7 | 143 | 53% | 29% | 54% | 195 | 50% | 2% | 51% | 148 |
| School type | |||||||||
| Secondary | 143 | 53% | 29% | 54% | 195 | 50% | 2% | 51% | 148 |
| Primary | 176 | 56% | 10% | 39% | 183 | 56% | 3% | 38% | 170 |
| School area** | 52 | 46% | 10% | 46% | 53 | 48% | 2% | 44% | 49 |
| lowland branch | 32 | 44% | 9% | 41% | 30 | 53% | 3% | 41% | 31 |
| highland branch | 20 | 50% | 10% | 55% | 23 | 40% | 0 | 50% | 18 |
* The% of respondents who had multiple responses
**We calculated for only branch to see the difference between lowland and highland