NMICS 2010 Report - Central Bureau of Statistics

NMICS 2010, Mid- and Far Western RegionsDisposal of child’s faeces is considered to be safe if the child itself is using an improved toilet facility(toilet/ latrine) or the stool is disposed of down an improved toilet facility.Table WS.7 shows that less than one fifth (17 percent) of children aged 0–2 years in the MFWR hadtheir faeces disposed of safely. There was little variation by region. Subregionally, the highestproportion was in the Far Western Hills (21 percent) and the lowest was in the Far WesternMountains (10 percent). Children in urban areas (37 percent) were more likely to have their faecesdisposed of safely than those in rural areas (15 percent). There is positive relationship betweenmother’s education and household wealth status: children whose mother had at least secondaryeducation (33 percent) were more likely to have their faeces disposed of safely than other children,and children in the richest quintile (44 percent) were nearly 13 times more likely to have their faecesdisposed of safely than those in the poorest quintile (three percent).91