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Percentage of households without drinking water on premises, and percent distribution of households without drinking water on premises
according to the person usually collecting drinking water used in the household, Afghanistan, 2010-2011
Percentage
of
households
without
drinking
water on
premises
Number of
households
Adult
woman
Person usually collecting drinking water
Adult man
Female
child
under age
15
Male child
under age
15
Missing/DK
Number of
households
without
drinking
water on
premises
South East 42.8 1,263 63.7 11.8 10.8 10.8 2.9 100.0 541
West 56.0 2,155 56.5 24.7 8.9 9.8 0.1 100.0 1,206
Residence
Urban 25.8 2,427 12.8 51.9 10.7 24.0 0.5 100.0 625
Rural 65.7 10,689 41.7 32.2 11.0 14.5 0.6 100.0 7,021
Education of household head
None 62.5 8,922 41.1 34.1 10.0 14.2 0.6 100.0 5,573
Primary 60.4 1,498 37.7 31.2 13.8 16.8 0.5 100.0 905
Secondary + 43.3 2,689 32.5 34.3 13.1 19.4 0.7 100.0 1,163
Wealth index quintile
Poorest 84.1 2,809 49.8 26.2 11.7 11.8 0.6 100.0 2,363
Second 74.8 2,721 43.5 33.4 9.7 12.9 0.5 100.0 2,036
Middle 58.7 2,524 36.7 35.8 11.3 15.5 0.7 100.0 1,480
Fourth 50.8 2,419 27.4 40.4 10.5 21.2 0.6 100.0 1,229
Richest 20.4 2,643 12.3 48.1 12.7 26.4 0.6 100.0 538
Total 58.3 13,116 39.4 33.8 10.9 15.3 0.6 100.0 7,647
Total
Table 7.4 shows that for 39% of households, an adult female is usually the person collecting
the water, when the source of drinking water is not located on the premises. Adult men
collect water in 34% of cases, while for the rest of the households, female (11%) or male
(15%) children under the age of 15 collect water.
However, the distribution of persons who usually collect drinking water among households
without drinking water on their premises varies considerably by region. In the Central
Highlands, Eastern and South Eastern regions, more than 60% of adult women are the
drinking water carriers for their households. In the Central Highlands and Eastern regions,
more girls under age 15 collect water than boys. In terms of gender differences, while more
men are in charge of collecting water than women in urban areas (52% versus 13%), more
adult females over the age of 15 collect drinking water for their households than do adult
males in rural areas (42% versus 32%).
Use of Improved Sanitation Facilities
Inadequate disposal of human excreta and inadequate personal hygiene are associated with a
range of diseases including diarrhoeal diseases and polio. An improved sanitation facility is
defined as one that hygienically separates human excreta from human contact. Improved
sanitation can reduce diarrheal disease by more than a third, and can significantly lessen the
adverse health impacts of other disorders responsible for death and disease among millions
of children in developing countries. Improved sanitation facilities for excreta disposal include
flushing or pouring flush into a piped sewer system, septic tank, or latrine; ventilated
improved pit (VIP) latrine, pit latrine with slab, and composting toilet.
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