NMICS 2010 Report - Central Bureau of Statistics

Table WS.9: Water and soap at place for hand-washingPercentage of households where place for hand-washing was observed and percentage of households by availability of water and soap at place for hand-washing, MFWR, Nepal, 2010RegionPercentwhere placefor handwashingobservedPercent where place for hand-washingnot observed:Not indwelling/plot/yardNopermissionto seeOtherreasonsTotalNo. ofhouseholdsWater andsoapavailable[1]Percent where place for hand-washingobserved, and:Wateravailable,soap notavailableWater notavailable,soapavailableWater andsoap notavailableMid-Western 92.8 6.6 0.2 0.4 100.0 3,325 48.4 8.8 13.0 29.8 100.0 3,085Far Western 95.0 3.6 0.5 0.9 100.0 2,574 54.8 16.4 10.1 18.8 100.0 2,444SubregionAreaMid-Western Mountains 89.7 6.8 1.9 1.6 100.0 344 27.0 7.6 22.1 43.3 100.0 309Mid-Western Hills 93.9 5.9 0.0 0.1 100.0 1,703 37.4 8.2 13.7 40.7 100.0 1,599Mid-Western Terai 92.1 7.4 0.0 0.5 100.0 1,278 69.0 9.9 9.6 11.5 100.0 1,177Far Western Mountains 87.0 6.6 1.7 4.7 100.0 438 41.3 8.4 27.2 23.2 100.0 381Far Western Hills 96.0 3.8 0.0 0.2 100.0 836 32.0 9.8 13.8 44.3 100.0 803Far Western Terai 97.0 2.5 0.4 0.1 100.0 1,300 73.3 23.0 2.5 1.2 100.0 1,260Urban 93.8 5.5 0.7 0.0 100.0 645 82.1 5.7 6.6 5.6 100.0 605Rural 93.7 5.3 0.3 0.7 100.0 5,254 47.4 12.9 12.3 27.3 100.0 4,924Education of household headNone 92.4 6.4 0.5 0.7 100.0 2,892 43.9 12.0 14.0 30.1 100.0 2,673Primary 94.0 5.1 0.1 0.8 100.0 1,299 49.9 14.4 11.1 24.6 100.0 1,220Secondary + 95.7 3.6 0.3 0.4 100.0 1,696 64.2 10.7 8.3 16.8 100.0 1,623Wealth index quintilePoorest 92.0 6.2 0.4 1.4 100.0 1,241 15.0 9.9 22.0 53.0 100.0 1,143Second 92.7 6.0 0.4 0.9 100.0 1,239 28.6 16.0 16.5 38.9 100.0 1,149Middle 92.6 6.5 0.4 0.5 100.0 1,178 53.9 17.9 10.1 18.0 100.0 1,090Fourth 94.8 4.9 0.1 0.2 100.0 1,127 71.4 12.3 6.3 10.0 100.0 1,068Richest 96.9 2.8 0.3 0.0 100.0 1,114 91.0 4.4 2.5 2.1 100.0 1,079TotalNo. ofhouseholdswhere placefor handwashingobservedTotal 93.7 5.3 0.3 0.6 100.0 5,899 51.2 12.1 11.7 24.9 100.0 5,52912 cases with missing ‘education of household head’ not shown[1] MICS Indicator 4.5