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. 2019 Mar 21;14(3):e0214114. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214114

Table 3. Sanitation utilization profiles based on 5-profile LCA using quantitative data.

Long call Short call
Profile 1 –Lack of security at night (6%) Day Public (48.5%);
OD (27.2%);
Plot (15.3%);
Bags/bucket (6.0%);
Private-shared (3.1%)
OD (45.1%);
Public (42.3%);
Plot (9.2%);
Private-shared (3.1%);
Bags/buckets (0.2%)
Night OD (75.3%);
Bags/bucket (18.3%);
Plot (3.3%);
Public (3%)
OD (99.2%);
Bags/buckets (0.6%);
Plot (0.2%)
Profile 2 Lack of funds and accessibility (32.8%) Day Public (97.5%);
Plot (2.4%);
Private-shared (0.1%)
Public (43.0%);
Bags/buckets (38.7%);
OD (18.3%)
Night Bags/buckets (86.6%);
Public (11.6%);
Plot (1.5%);
OD (0.3%)
Bags/buckets (92.8%); Public (7.2%)
Profile 3 Toilet accessible at all times (34.3%) Day Plot (95.5%);
Public (4.5%)
Plot (92.2%);
Public (4.3%);
Bags/buckets (3.4%)
Night Plot (70.6%);
Bags/Buckets (29.4%)
Plot (51.3%);
Bags/bucket (47.6%);
Private (1.1%)
Profile 4 Only in an emergency (11.3%) Day Private-shared (75.1%);
Private (20.8%);
Public (3.9%);
Plot (0.1%)
Private-shared (68.9%);
Private (19.2%);
Bags/buckets (5.2%);
Public (3.5%);
OD (3.1%);
Plot (0.1%)
Night Private-shared (32.3%);
Bags/buckets (38.5%); Plot (14.7%);
Private (14.4%)
Bags/Buckets (58.1%)
Private-shared (22.4%);
Plot (9.8%);
Private (9.6%)
Profile 5 No money/no access (15.6%) Day Bags/bucket (71.1%);
Public (17.6%);
OD (8.1%);
Plot (3.1%)
Bags/bucket (90.4%);
OD (9.4%)
Plot (0.1%)
Public (0.1%)
Night Bags/bucket (96.0%); OD (2.9%);
Private-shared (1.0%); Plot (0.1%)
Bags/bucket (99.9%);
OD (0.1%)