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As shown in Table 7.6, 29% of the household population is using an improved sanitation
facility that is not shared. Use of a shared facility is more common among households using
an unimproved facility. Only 3% of households use an improved toilet facility that is shared
with other households, compared with nearly 4% among households using an unimproved
facility. Rural households are less likely than urban households to use a shared improved
toilet facility (1% and 8%, respectively). In terms of improved sanitation facilities, the
percentage for the use of unshared sanitation facilities is significantly higher in urban areas
(51%) than in rural areas (24%). As for unimproved sanitation facilities, the results are
opposite in that almost 30% of urban households who are using unimproved sanitation
facilities do not share their toilets or latrines, compared with those living in rural areas
(50%). In the Eastern region, almost 40% of households using improved sanitation facilities
do not share their toilets with other households.
The use and sharing of sanitation facilities is correlated with wealth index quintiles. The use
of improved unshared sanitation facilities is highest among the wealthiest households, at 54%
of the wealthiest households, compared with less than 8% of the poorest households using
unshared facilities. Instead, open defecation is common among the poorest households
(57%), and among only 0.2% of the wealthiest households. A correlation is also found with
the education level of the head of household. For instance, the greatest proportion of
households with access to an improved water source are those where the head of
household has attained secondary level education or higher (40%).
Disposal of Child s Faeces
Safe disposal of a child s faeces is disposing of the stool produced by the child by using a
toilet or by rinsing the stool into a toilet or latrine. Table 7.7 shows the percentage of the
distribution of children aged 0-2 years according to the place of disposal of the child's faeces,
and the percentage of children aged 0-2 years whose stools were disposed of safely the last
time the child passed stools.
Table 7.7: Disposal of child's faeces
Percent distribution of children age 0-2 years according to place of disposal of child's faeces, and the percentage of children age 0-2 years whose stools were
disposed of safely the last time the child passed stools, Afghanistan, 2010-2011
Child used
toilet/latrine
Type of sanitation facility in dwelling
Put/
rinsed
into
toilet or
latrine
Put/
rinsed
into
drain or
ditch
Place of disposal of child's faeces
Thrown
into
garbage
(Solid
waste)
Buried
Left
in the
open
Other DK Missing Total
Percentage
of
children
whose
last
stools
were
disposed
of safely 1
Improved 7.3 45.2 21.3 12.4 3.8 8.0 0.4 0.5 1.0 100.0 52.5 2,454
Unimproved 5.3 47.1 17.1 6.1 6.8 15.4 0.5 0.7 1.0 100.0 52.5 4,050
Open
100.0
0.0 0.0 26.7 9.5 6.2 40.2 16.5 0.5 0.4
defecation
15.7 1,445
Region
Number
of
children
age 0-2
years
Central 13.4 60.7 7.5 9.9 3.5 4.1 0.2 0.5 0.2 100.0 74.1 1,262
Central
Highlands
0.9 9.9 42.9 0.8 5.9 32.9 4.1 1.3 1.3 100.0 10.8 293
East 5.2 23.3 27.0 16.7 1.8 25.0 0.2 0.3 0.6 100.0 28.4 846
North 5.8 47.9 11.0 7.0 6.2 19.6 1.1 0.8 0.5 100.0 53.7 1,133
North East 2.5 64.7 7.7 2.2 8.9 11.6 0.0 0.3 2.1 100.0 67.3 1,331
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