Factors that influence household sanitation in Kampala city.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that influence household sanitation practices in Kampala city and how these factors interact to shape sanitation practices. The objectives of the study were; 1) to identifying the most common factors that influence household sanitation in Kampala city, 2) to determining the relative importance of these factors in terms of their impact on household sanitation, 3) to identifying potential interventions or strategies that could be implemented to improve household sanitation in Kampala city and 4) to assess the effectiveness of these interventions in improving household sanitation in Kampala city. The research applied quantitative methods to analyses UDHS data 2016 to inform the study findings. The study began by presenting the summary statistics, the bivariate results and then multivariate results as indicated in the succeeding sections. Bivariate level findings revealed that gender, education level, marital status, wealth index, type of toilet facility, availability of clean drinking water, source of drinking water and presence water at hand washing place were able to influence household sanitation in Kampala. The relative importance of these factors was also determined and findings indicated that gender category of being male (P=0.000), marital status category of being never in Union (P=0.000), wealth index category of being rich (P=0.021), toilet category of having flush toilet (P=0.038) and having a pit latrine (P=0.023), source of drinking water category of piped water (P=0.000), location of source of water categories of from own dwelling (P=0.000) and in own yard/plot (P=0.000) had a significant influence on household sanitation in Kampala. The study recommended that when designing a household sanitation improvement policy government should target gender category of being male, marital status category of being never in Union, wealth index category of being rich, toilet category of having flush toilet and having a pit latrine, source of drinking water category of piped water, location of source of water categories of from own dwelling and in own yard/plot.