Table 2.
Availability of toilet and drinking water, and method of child stool disposal according to the presence of diarrhea during the two weeks before the survey in Afghanistan, 2015 (N=30,238)
| Characteristics | Diarrhea | No diarrhea | Total | |||||
| N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | |||
| Total | 7,921 | (100) | 22,317 | (100) | 30,238 | (100) | ||
| Type of toilet facility | ||||||||
| Pit latrinea) | 1,263 | (15.9) | 3,102 | (13.9) | 4,365 | (14.4) | ||
| Flushb) | 871 | (11.0) | 2,446 | (11.0) | 3,317 | (11.0) | ||
| Traditional dry vault | 3,999 | (50.5) | 12,124 | (54.3) | 16,123 | (53.3) | ||
| No facility/others | 1,726 | (21.8) | 4,496 | (20.1) | 6,222 | (20.6) | ||
| Not usual residentsc) | 62 | (0.8) | 149 | (0.7) | 211 | (0.7) | ||
| Stool disposal of child <5 years | ||||||||
| Safe | 3,121 | (39.4) | 8,928 | (40.0) | 12,049 | (39.9) | ||
| Not safe | 4,676 | (59.0) | 12,626 | (56.6) | 17,302 | (57.2) | ||
| Others | 124 | (1.6) | 763 | (3.4) | 887 | (2.9) | ||
| Source of drinking water | ||||||||
| Pipedd) | 364 | (4.6) | 1,101 | (4.9) | 1,465 | (4.8) | ||
| Public tap/standpipe | 1,385 | (17.5) | 3,499 | (15.7) | 4,884 | (16.2) | ||
| Protected well/spring | 1,777 | (22.4) | 5,617 | (25.2) | 7,394 | (24.5) | ||
| Unprotected well/spring | 1,933 | (24.4) | 5,261 | (23.6) | 7,194 | (23.8) | ||
| Tub well/borehole | 1,168 | (14.7) | 2,744 | (12.3) | 3,912 | (12.9) | ||
| Surface water | 710 | (9.0) | 2,345 | (10.5) | 3,055 | (10.1) | ||
| Others | 522 | (6.6) | 1,601 | (7.1) | 2,123 | (7.0) | ||
| Not usual residentsc) | 62 | (0.8) | 149 | (0.7) | 211 | (0.7) | ||
a) Ventilation improved pit, pit latrine with slab and without slab.
b) Flush to sewer system, septic tank and pit latrine.
c) The group of people or guests who stayed in the household a night before the survey interview.
d) Piped to dwelling and plot/yard.