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Table 7.9: Water and soap at place for hand washing
Percentage of households where place for hand washing was observed and percent distribution of households by availability of water and soap at place for hand washing, Afghanistan, 2010-2011
Region
Percentage of
households
where place
for hand
washing was
observed
Percentage of households where place for hand
washing was not observed
Not in
dwelling/plot/yard
No
permission
to see
Other
reasons
Missing
Total
Number of
households
Percent distribution of households where place for
hand washing was observed, and:
Water
and soap
are
available 1
Water is
available,
soap is
not
available
Water is
not
available,
soap is
available
Water
and soap
are not
available
Missing
Total
Number of
households
where place for
hand washing
was observed
Central 87.9 9.3 2.4 0.2 0.1 100.0 2,159 70.8 2.9 19.7 6.6 0.1 100.0 1,898
Central
Highlands
13.8 84.4 1.0 0.8 0.0 100.0 432 43.9 11.6 22.6 22.0 0.0 100.0 60
East 67.6 24.5 6.6 1.2 0.0 100.0 1,520 61.3 18.1 7.2 13.1 0.2 100.0 1,028
North 45.8 48.1 5.3 0.3 0.6 100.0 1,913 73.5 16.3 7.1 3.2 0.0 100.0 875
North East 37.9 58.4 3.3 0.3 0.1 100.0 2,091 84.7 6.9 5.4 2.7 0.2 100.0 792
South 73.5 18.6 6.7 1.1 0.1 100.0 1,584 66.5 18.0 4.2 11.3 0.0 100.0 1,164
South East 65.7 7.6 8.7 17.9 0.1 100.0 1,263 65.7 19.2 10.6 4.5 0.1 100.0 830
West 57.8 41.5 0.7 0.0 0.0 100.0 2,155 76.6 14.1 2.2 7.1 0.0 100.0 1,245
Residence
Urban 82.9 14.3 2.3 0.5 0.0 100.0 2,427 82.2 5.5 8.3 3.9 0.0 100.0 2,012
Rural 55.0 37.6 4.7 2.5 0.2 100.0 10,689 66.9 14.9 9.6 8.5 0.1 100.0 5,881
Education of household head
None 55.3 37.8 4.5 2.2 0.2 100.0 8,922 67.7 15.0 8.5 8.8 0.1 100.0 4,931
Primary 60.5 34.1 3.7 1.8 0.0 100.0 1,498 68.2 12.3 12.8 6.7 0.0 100.0 906
Secondary + 76.4 17.7 3.7 2.1 0.1 100.0 2,689 79.4 6.9 9.4 4.2 0.1 100.0 2,053
Wealth index quintiles
Poorest 45.4 47.5 5.1 2.1 0.0 100.0 2,809 60.9 17.9 6.3 14.8 0.1 100.0 1,274
Second 46.5 46.3 4.1 2.7 0.4 100.0 2,721 59.8 20.2 9.9 9.9 0.2 100.0 1,264
Middle 59.1 32.3 5.5 3.0 0.2 100.0 2,524 67.9 13.4 10.4 8.2 0.1 100.0 1,491
Fourth 69.0 24.8 4.1 2.0 0.1 100.0 2,419 72.6 10.9 12.0 4.4 0.0 100.0 1,669
Richest 83.1 13.4 2.6 0.9 0.0 100.0 2,643 83.4 5.7 7.6 3.3 0.0 100.0 2,195
Total 60.2 33.3 4.3 2.1 0.1 100.0 13,116 70.8 12.5 9.2 7.4 0.1 100.0 7,893
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