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. 2018 Aug 7;15(8):1682. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15081682

Table 2.

Girls’ latrines across arms, baseline and average over five follow-up rounds in schools in western Kenya 2012–2013.

Latrine Indicators Baseline Conditions (Rd 0) Average Conditions (Rd 1–5) Change from Baseline to Average Follow-up
Cup Pad U.P. All Schools Differ
Accross Groups
Cup Pad U.P. All Schools Differ
Accross Groups
Cup Pad U.P. All Schools
n = 10
N = 10
n = 10
N = 10
n = 10
N = 10
n = 30
N = 30
n = 50
N = 10
n = 50
N = 10
n = 50
N = 10
n = 150
N = 30
n= 60
N = 10
n= 60
N = 10
n= 60
N = 10
n= 180
N = 30
Mean, SD (range) Mean, SD (range) Mean, SD (range) Mean, SD
(range)
Kruskal Wallis X2
p-value
No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) Kruskal Wallis X2
p-value
Paired t-test,
p-value
Paired t-test,
p-value
Paired t-test,
p-value
Paired t-test,
p-value
No. acceptable girls latrines 3.5, 3.7
(0–11)
3.6, 2.9
(0–8)
3.9, 2.3
(1–7)
3.7, 2.9
(0–11)
0.8768 4.2, 2.5
(0–10)
3.9, 2.7
(0–13)
3.5, 2.9
(0–10)
3.9. 2.7
(0–13)
0.3486 0.519 0.7162 0.5418 0.6795
Girl: acceptable latrine ratio among schools with at least 1 acceptable latrine 28.9, 6.8
(21.6–36.8)
79.5, 52.2
(20.8–170)
70.4, 37.3
(26–140)
63.7, 43.0
(20.8–170)
0.0278 * 43.2, 27.2
(20.2–141.5)
56.1, 35.6
(14.9–137)
69.1, 55.5

(13–280)
55.6, 41.6
(13–280)
0.1003 0.1422 0.262 0.899 0.5243
Count (%) Count (%) Count (%) Count (%) Kruskal Wallis X 2
p-value
Count (%) Count (%) Count (%) Count (%) Kruskal Wallis X 2
p-value
Paired t-test,
p-value
Paired t-test,
p-value
Paired t-test,
p-value
Paired t-test,
p-value
No. schools with at least one acceptable latrine (%) 6 (60%) 9 (90%) 10 (100%) 25 (83.30%) 0.0490 * 6 (60%) 8 (80%) 2 (20%) 16 (53.3%) 0.0266 * 1 0.3434 0.0002 * 0.0046 *
No. schools with at least one lockable latrine (%) 6 (60%) 4 (40%) 6 (60%) 16 (53%) 0.5958 1 (10%) 3 (30%) 3 (30%) 7 (23.3%) 0.4865 0.0522 0.5911 0.0811 0.0100 *
No. schools with at least one hygienic latrine †† (%) 10 (100%) 10 (100%) 10 (100%) 30 (100%) 1 7 (70%) 9 (90%) 6 (60%) 22 (73.3%) 0.3156 0.0811 0.3434 0.0368 * 0.0029 *

†† Hygienic latrine were those observed to be clean (no visible feces or pooled urine), * Significant difference; n = number of visits to schools; N = Number of schools; U.P. = usual practice.