Determinants of Open Defecation in the Wa Municipality of Ghana: Empirical Findings Highlighting Sociocultural and Economic Dynamics among Households

Table 4

Logit estimation of the determinants of open defecation.

Variable	Marginal effect	Std. error	Z value	value	Coefficient
Age	−0.001	0.003	−0.41	0.684	−0.006
Sex	0.003	0.007	0.44	0.659	0.015
Education	0.185	0.103	1.79	0.073	−0.880
Household size	0.400	0.097	4.12	0.001	1.934
Household position	0.025	0.094	0.26	0.795	0.126
Marital status	0.002	0.005	0.46	0.643	0.011
Occupation	0.363	0.048	7.64	0.001	3.744
Income	0.343	0.090	3.79	0.001	−1.729
Traditional norms and beliefs	0.333	0.085	3.94	0.001	1.893
Local taboo	0.008	0.161	0.05	0.962	0.039
Ownership of a toilet facility	0.425	0.074	1.68	0.093	−0.635
Knowledge of the effects of open defecation	0.343	0.090	3.79	0.471	1.729

Significance at 5% level of confidence.