Table 6.
Defecation areas, plans, reasons for not having latrine, and problems faced by participants of Negele town (n = 208) who had no latrine before and during the study period.
| Variable | Frequency (%) of participants per zone | Overall (%) | ||
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| Center | East | West | ||
| Defecation areas | ||||
| Open space | 20 (23.8) | 26 (30.2) | 10 (26.3) | 56 (26.9) |
| Public toilet | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| In bush | 16 (19.0) | 29 (33.7) | 9 (23.7) | 54 (26.0) |
| In house compound | 42 (50.0) | 22 (25.6) | 16 (42.1) | 80 (38.5) |
| Any place as needed | 6 (7.2) | 9 (10.5) | 3 (7.9) | 18 (8.6) |
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| Reasons for lack of latrine | ||||
| Not knowing the importance of latrine | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Lack of enough land | 41 (48.8) | 35 (40.7) | 18 (47.4) | 94(45.3) |
| Lack of enough money | 36 (42.9) | 37 (43.0) | 12 (31.6) | 85 (40.8) |
| Other | 7 (8.3) | 14 (16.3) | 8 (21.0) | 29 (13.9) |
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| Problems faced due to lack of latrine | ||||
| Lack of safety | 21 (25.0) | 25 (29.1) | 14 (36.8) | 60 (28.8) |
| Infectious disease | 12 (12.3) | 31 (36.0) | 9 (23.7) | 52 (25.0) |
| Pollution of living area | 32 (38.1) | 13 (15.1) | 6 (15.8) | 51 (24.6) |
| Moving out in the darkness | 19 (22.6) | 17 (19.8) | 9 (23.7) | 45 (21.6) |
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| A person advised constructing a latrine | ||||
| Health extension | 17 (20.2) | 27 (31.4) | 18 (47.4) | 62 (29.8) |
| Local leader | 23 (27.4) | 13 (15.1) | 5 (13.1) | 41 (19.7) |
| Nobody | 44 (52.4) | 46 (53.5) | 15 (39.5) | 105 (50.5) |
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| Having plan to contact latrine | ||||
| Yes | 34 (40.5) | 25 (29.1) | 9 (23.7) | 68 (32.7) |
| No | 50 (59.5) | 61 (70.9) | 29 (76.3) | 140 (67.3) |