Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices on Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Some Selected LGAs in Kaduna State, Northwestern Nigeria

Table 2

Characteristics of the communities in Kaduna state.

Variable	Chikun (236)	Kachia (156)	Kajuru (71)	Soba (188)	Zango/K (203)	Total (854)
Gender
Male	86.6	73.5	90.4	98.9	75.1	84.5
Female	13.4	26.5	9.6	1.1	24.9	15.5
Residency in the household
Less than 1 year	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5
1–10 years	12.2	16.1	23.3	13.3	7.8	13.0
Above 10 years	84.5	83.2	76.7	86.7	75.1	81.8
Always	2.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.1	4.7
Age
Below 30 years	21.4	13.5	13.7	13.3	17.6	16.6
30–50 years	50.0	47.1	61.6	47.3	40.5	47.6
Above 50 years	27.3	38.7	24.7	38.8	27.8	31.8
Marital status
Single	2.1	4.5	9.6	6.9	2.0	4.2
Married	91.2	84.5	82.2	91.0	89.8	88.8
Divorced	1.3	1.9	0.0	1.1	0.5	1.0
Widowed	5.5	9.0	8.2	1.1	7.8	5.9
Ever attended school
Yes	61.8	86.5	90.4	99.5	75.6	80.2
No	38.2	13.5	9.6	0.5	24.4	19.8
Highest school attended
Quranic school	45.4	11.0	11.0	66.5	25.4	36.1
Basic literacy	1.3	4.5	1.4	3.2	6.8	3.6
Primary school	25.2	21.3	21.9	10.1	22.9	20.4
Vocational school	0.8	0.0	4.1	1.1	2.9	1.5
Secondary school	17.2	37.4	34.2	10.6	32.2	24.4
Postsecondary school	10.1	25.8	27.4	8.5	9.8	14.0
Religion
Christianity	66.8	91.6	69.9	0.5	93.7	63.4
Islam	28.2	2.6	28.8	96.3	3.4	32.6
Others	5.0	5.8	1.4	3.2	2.9	4.0
Occupation
Student	3.8	4.5	4.1	2.7	2.0	3.3
Housewife	2.5	3.9	4.1	1.1	10.2	4.4
Retired/pensioner	4.2	9.7	0.0	1.6	1.0	3.5
Farmer	46.6	38.1	35.6	60.6	62.0	50.9
Private employment	2.9	9.0	5.5	6.9	1.0	4.7
Self-employed	13.0	5.2	12.3	5.3	4.9	7.9
Civil servant	17.2	21.3	31.5	16.0	9.8	17.1
Others	4.2	3.9	2.7	1.6	2.4	3.0