NMICS 2010 Report - Central Bureau of Statistics

Table WS.7: Disposal of child’s faecesPercentage of children aged 0–2 years according to place of disposal of child’s faeces, and percentage of children aged 0–2 years whose stools were disposed of safely the last time the child passed stools, MFWR,Nepal, 2010RegionChild usedtoilet/latrinePut/rinsed intotoilet or latrinePut/rinsed intodrain or ditchPlace of disposal of child’s faeces Total Percent ofThrown into Buried Left in open Other Don’t know/children whosegarbage (solidplacesmissingstools werewaste)disposed ofsafely [1]No. of childrenaged 0–2 yearsMid-Western 1.2 17.2 5.8 43.0 0.9 29.8 2.0 0.0 100.0 18.4 1,127Far Western 1.2 14.3 9.1 44.5 0.4 28.6 1.6 0.3 100.0 15.5 902SubregionAreaMid-Western Mountains 1.1 16.4 5.5 35.1 2.1 34.6 5.1 0.2 100.0 17.5 170Mid-Western Hills 1.2 16.2 5.2 43.2 0.4 32.5 1.3 0.0 100.0 17.3 608Mid-Western Terai 1.4 19.5 7.0 46.6 1.1 22.9 1.6 0.0 100.0 20.8 349Far Western Mountains 0.8 9.4 5.8 26.5 0.0 53.6 3.6 0.3 100.0 10.2 170Far Western Hills 1.7 19.5 4.7 33.8 0.7 38.8 0.0 0.8 100.0 21.2 321Far Western Terai 1.0 12.3 13.9 60.3 0.3 10.1 2.1 0.0 100.0 13.3 411Urban 3.7 33.6 13.8 25.8 0.1 19.3 3.5 0.2 100.0 37.3 172Rural 1.0 14.3 6.7 45.3 0.7 30.2 1.7 0.2 100.0 15.3 1,856Mother’s educationNone 0.9 10.8 7.0 39.4 0.8 39.1 1.8 0.2 100.0 11.7 1,136Primary 1.1 10.0 8.4 57.7 0.6 20.8 1.1 0.3 100.0 11.0 363Secondary + 2.0 31.0 7.0 43.4 0.3 14.0 2.4 0.0 100.0 32.9 529Wealth index quintilePoorest 0.5 2.9 3.9 40.8 0.7 49.4 1.7 0.1 100.0 3.4 519Second 1.1 11.0 6.8 40.7 0.7 36.1 2.9 0.6 100.0 12.1 459Middle 0.7 15.2 9.4 51.4 0.3 22.6 0.4 0.0 100.0 15.9 403Fourth 1.9 21.1 9.1 50.7 0.3 15.6 1.2 0.1 100.0 23.0 354Richest 2.4 41.6 8.9 34.2 1.3 8.6 3.0 0.0 100.0 44.0 293Total 1.2 15.9 7.3 43.7 0.6 29.3 1.8 0.2 100.0 17.1 2,028[1] MICS Indicator 4.4