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. 2021 Apr 22;18(9):4462. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18094462

Table 2.

Description of survey respondents, voucher eligible respondents, and voucher redeemers.

Category All Respondents
(n = 469) 1
Voucher Eligible Respondents
(n = 334) 2
Voucher Redeemers
(n = 7)
Gender (% female) 67% 66% 57%
Median 3 age 42 (32–54) 45 (34–55) 44 (30–55)
Education
 Less than primary 19% 21% 14%
 Primary 38% 41% 43%
 Secondary 32% 27% 29%
 Above secondary 12% 11% 14%
Married or in union 69% 68% 57%
Median 3 household size 4 (3–6) 5 (3–6) 6 (5–6)
Presence of children under five years 40% 36% 29%
Presence of physically challenged persons 9% 12% 14%
Respondent type
 Tenants 18% NA NA
 Homeowners with no tenants 48% 65% 57%
 Landlords 34% 35% 43%
Median 3 number of households sharing a compound 1 (1–8) 1 (1–6) 1 (1–8)
Median 3 number of years lived in the compound 12 (4–20) 15 (8–24) 14 (12–22)
Primary source of water
 Piped to compound 51% 46% 43%
 Piped outside compound 16% 15% 0%
 Non-piped in compound 14% 16% 0%
 Non-piped outside compound 19% 23% 57%
Have to pay to use primary water source 88% 87% 86%
Sanitation
 Improved latrine shared by up to three households 8% 7% 14%
 Improved latrine shared by more than three households 32% 17% 29%
 Unimproved latrine 53% 66% 57%
 No latrine in compound 7% 10% 0%
Median 3 number of households sharing one latrine 1 (1–9) 1 (1–4) 1 (1–4)
Satisfied with the current sanitation 4 43% 31% 0%
Monthly household income (KES)
 <3000 9% 11% 0%
 3000–5000 18% 18% 43%
 5000–7000 13% 13% 14%
 7000–10,000 20% 19% 14%
 10,000–23,000 28% 27% 14%
 23,000–50,000 11% 10% 14%
 >50,000 2% 2% 0%
About landlords
 n 159 117 3
 Median 3 number of dwellings owned 9 (5–14) 9 (5–14) 7 (7–17)
 Median 3 monthly rent collected (KES) 10,000 (4900–23,000) 10,000 (4000–22,000) 15,000 (11,700–28,500)
About tenants NA NA
 n 83
 Median 3 monthly rent paid (KES) 2000 (1200–2500)

1 Data missing for age (1), education (1), married (1), water source (5), having to pay for primary water source (9), sanitation facility (2), number of households sharing sanitation (10), monthly household income (89), the landlord’s collected monthly rent (24), and tenant’s paid rent (2). 2 Data missing for age (1), education (1), married (1), primary water source (3), having to pay for primary water source (5), number of households sharing sanitation (6), monthly household income (41), and the landlord’s collected monthly rent (15). 3 Medians are provided with the interquartile range. 4 Only households with a latrine in their compound were asked this question. NA = Not applicable.