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

Table 5

Handling and storage of household drinking water and knowledge of qualities of safe drinking water.

Features	Chikun	Kachia	Kajuru	Soba	Zango	Total%
Containers/fetching methods
Open container	8.8	11.0	4.1	26.1	19.5	15.1
Covered plastic container	29.8	72.9	39.7	46.8	56.1	48.4
Clay pots with cover	53.4	65.8	58.9	41.5	56.1	54.1
Clay pots without cover	12.6	7.7	1.4	8.5	20.0	11.6
Iron bucket containers without cover	0.4	5.2	0.0	18.1	1.5	5.4
Plastic buckets with tap	2.5	24.5	11.0	11.7	2.4	9.2
Basins without cover	1.3	2.6	0.0	4.3	1.5	2.1
Others	4.6	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.4
Item used in fetching drinking water from storage facility
Cup with handle	81.1	81.9	91.8	85.6	88.3	84.9
Cup without handle	5.5	5.8	2.7	4.8	4.4	4.9
Calabash	13.0	11.0	1.4	6.4	4.9	8.3
Bowl	0.4	1.3	4.1	3.2	2.4	2.0
Place where item for fetching drinking water is kept
On the storage container	72.3	47.1	49.3	46.8	68.8	59.4
In a basket/shelf	14.7	33.5	39.7	16.5	22.4	22.5
On the floor	4.2	1.3	4.1	10.1	6.8	5.6
Hanging	8.8	18.1	6.8	26.6	2.0	12.6
Frequency of cleaning of storage container
Daily	55.5	61.3	87.7	84.0	85.4	72.6
Weekly	26.9	23.2	1.4	10.1	4.4	15.0
Monthly	0.4	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.8
When dirty	17.2	12.3	11.0	5.9	9.8	11.5