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. 2017 Jul 11;14(7):755. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14070755

Table 3.

Sanitation Insecurity factor scores by life stage and ownership of a functional latrine.

Characteristics Physical Environmental Factors Social Environment Factors Personal Constrains Factors
Factor 1: Potential Harms 1 Factor 4: Night Concerns Factor 7: Defecation Place 2 Factor 2: Social Expectations & Repercussions 3 Factor 5: Social Support Factor 3: Physical Exertion or Strain 4 Factor 6: Physical Agility
All 1.78 (0.76) 2.5 (1.09) 2.12 (0.91) 1.43 (0.43) 1.15 (0.43) 1.11 (0.28) 1.47 (0.75)
Life Stage
Unmarried Women (Ref.) 1.99 (0.81) 2.56 (1.06) 2.28 (0.90) 1.52 (0.45) 1.04 (0.20) 1.14 (0.34) 1.20 (0.42)
Recently Married Women 1.86 (0.77) ** 2.49 (1.12) 1.94 (0.97) ** 1.49 (0.48) 1.41 (0.65) ** 1.13 (0.33) 1.31 (0.58) *
Married Women 1.78 (0.74) ** 2.07 (1.03) ** 2.21 (0.92) 1.45 (0.41) * 1.16 (0.43) ** 1.10 (0.24) 1.30 (0.55) *
Older Women 1.50 (0.64) ** 1.67 (0.92) ** 2.01 (0.83) ** 1.27 (0.29) ** 1.03 (0.15) 1.08 (0.18) * 2.01 (1.00) **
Ownership of Functional Latrine
Owns (Ref.) 1.46 (0.61) 1.8 (1.00) 1.20 (0.41) 1.27 (0.34) 1.13 (0.40) 1.08 (0.22) 1.38 (0.72)
Does Not Own 1.95 (0.78) ** 2.4 (1.08) ** 2.62 (0.70) ** 1.52 (0.44) ** 1.17 (0.45) 1.14 (0.31) ** 1.51 (0.77) *

Numbers are mean (SD); * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.001. 1 For F1, one participant had missing value and was removed (OW, No functional latrine); 2 For F7, one participant with missing values and was removed (MW, Functional latrine); 3 For F2, two participants had missing values and were removed (OW, Functional latrine; MW, No functional latrine); 4 For F3, one participant had missing values and was removed (OW, No functional latrine).