Journal of Population Sciences
Table 1 Distribution of Handwashing capacity in selected African countries
Sub-region/country | Sample size | Overall: n (%) | Residence (%) | Wealth index (%) | Education: HOusehold head (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | Poor | Average | Rich | None | Primary | Secondary+ | |||
Western Africa | ||||||||||
 Benin | 14,156 | 1567 (11.1) | 15 | 8.1 | 4.8 | 7.3 | 19.7 | 7 | 10.4 | 20.9 |
 Guinea | 7912 | 1958 (24.7) | 40 | 16.8 | 14.4 | 19.4 | 41.2 | 20.1 | 22.9 | 29.6 |
 Mali | 9510 | 1682 (17.7) | 33.9 | 13 | 6.7 | 12.1 | 36.2 | 13 | 16.9 | 37 |
 Nigeria | 40,427 | 13,114 (32.4) | 44 | 22.3 | 13.3 | 25.4 | 51.5 | 17.1 | 32.7 | 42 |
 Senegal | 8380 | 2415 (28.8) | 46.4 | 10 | 5.5 | 12.6 | 47.9 | 17.4 | 38.7 | 63.2 |
Middle Africa | ||||||||||
 Angola | 16,109 | 4287 (26.6) | 34.2 | 14.7 | 12 | 19.4 | 43.5 | 17.9 | 19.7 | 38.1 |
 Chad | 17,233 | 728 (4.2) | 11.5 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 10.3 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 10 |
Eastern Africa | ||||||||||
 Burundi | 15,977 | 1031 (6.5) | 19.7 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 14.8 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 22 |
 Ethiopia | 16,650 | 1961 (11.8) | 31.2 | 6.8 | 3.2 | 6.7 | 25.2 | 6.5 | 11.2 | 32.3 |
 Tanzania | 12,563 | 6056 (48.2) | 62.3 | 41.3 | 31 | 45.1 | 65.8 | 34.1 | 47.4 | 67.9 |
 Uganda | 19,588 | 5415 (27.6) | 42 | 22.7 | 13 | 23.7 | 41.1 | 19.6 | 24.2 | 37.3 |
 Rwanda | 12,699 | 766 (6.0) | 14.9 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 12.2 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 18.2 |
Southern Africa | ||||||||||
 Malawi | 26,361 | 2900 (11.0) | 17.5 | 9.8 | 5.9 | 9.5 | 19.6 | 7 | 8.7 | 18.9 |
 South Africa | 11,083 | 4862 (43.9) | 50.6 | 29.4 | 20.5 | 33.3 | 74 | 27.5 | 34.7 | 49.7 |
 Zambia | 12,831 | 2863 (22.3) | 32.2 | 15 | 12.1 | 15.3 | 35.3 | 14.6 | 16.3 | 29.4 |
 Zimbabwe | 10,534 | 4393 (41.7) | 52.4 | 36.3 | 31.8 | 38.3 | 57.6 | 30.8 | 36 | 46.6 |