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. 2015 Nov 30;4:52. doi: 10.1186/s40249-015-0085-6

Table 3.

Practices associated with the use of toilets/pit latrines and disposal of food leftovers

Variable Level/response Number of respondents (%)
Kiduhi (N = 80) Twatwatwa (N = 84) Ihombwe (N = 84) Overall (%)
Use of toilets/pit latrines YES 8 (10.0)* 10 (11.9)* 33 (39.3)** 16.1
NO 72 (90)* 74 (88.1)* 51 (60.7)** 84.9
Throwing food leftovers around the house YES 59 (73.8) 61 (72.6) 60 (71.4) 72.6
NO 21 (26.2) 23 (27.4) 24 (28.6) 27.4

*Not significantly different: p > 0. 0.05

**Significantly different: p < 0.001