TABLE 1.
Baseline data on sample collection from public restrooms in this study.
| Rural area (n = 283) |
City center (n = 330) |
Total (n = 613) |
|
| Numbers of sampling (% of rural area) | Numbers of sampling (% of city center) | Numbers of sampling (% of total) | |
| Toilet bowl/rim | 145 (51.2) | 167 (50.6) | 312 (50.9) |
| Wash basin | 138 (48.8) | 183 (49.4) | 301 (49.1) |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 138 (48.4) | 164 (49.7) | 302 (49.3) |
| Female | 137 (48.8) | 164 (49.7) | 301 (49.1) |
| Unclassified | 8 (2.8) | 2 (0.6) | 10 (1.6) |
| Restroom category | |||
| Department store | 0 | 32 (9.7) | 32 (5.2) |
| 4/5-star hotel | 0 | 28 (8.5) | 28 (4.6) |
| Public park | 42 (14.8) | 39 (11.8) | 81 (13.2) |
| Gas station | 60 (21.2) | 45 (13.6) | 105 (17.1) |
| Freeway service area | 16 (5.7) | 4 (1.2) | 20 (3.3) |
| Transportation hub | 30 (10.6) | 24 (7.3) | 54 (8.8) |
| Parking lot | 4 (1.4) | 4 (1.2) | 8 (1.3) |
| Tourist destination | 96 (33.9) | 70 (21.2) | 166 (27.1) |
| Shopping mall | 7 (2.5) | 32 (9.7) | 39 (6.4) |
| University | 8 (2.8) | 20 (6.1) | 28 (4.6) |
| Hospital | 20 (7.1) | 32 (9.7) | 52 (8.5) |