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

Table 9

Personal hygiene practices.

Feature	Chikun	Kachia	Kajuru	Soba	Zango	Total (%)
Uses of soap
Washing clothes	71.8	89.7	83.6	78.2	72.2	77.5
Taking bath	84.9	80.0	94.5	80.3	91.7	85.4
Bathing children	38.7	83.2	21.9	60.6	36.5	49.4
Washing child’s bottom	2.9	36.1	12.3	28.7	16.1	18.5
Washing children’s hands	1.3	36.1	11.0	38.8	16.6	20.3
Washing hands after defecating	5.9	56.8	28.8	47.9	27.3	31.3
Washing hands after cleaning child	1.3	29.0	12.3	28.7	14.6	16.4
Washing hands before feeding child	1.7	34.8	16.4	38.4	15.1	20.4
Washing hands before preparing food	0.4	40.0	19.2	46.3	18.0	23.4
Washing hands before eating	5.9	53.5	47.9	50.0	33.7	34.3
Others	0.4	5.8	1.4	3.7	0.0	2.1
Important time to wash hands
Before meal	91.6	71.0	75.3	87.2	89.8	85.1
After meal	68.5	65.8	65.8	71.3	89.8	73.5
After defecation	26.9	76.8	38.4	43.1	53.7	46.8
After cleaning the children feces	4.6	11.0	17.8	15.3	22.4	13.5
Others	0.4	15.5	13.7	5.9	2.0	5.8
Immediate practice after defecation
Cleaning up	71.4	60.0	20.5	18.1	59.5	50.5
Going own way	1.7	1.3	2.7	6.4	2.9	3.0
Washing hands	26.9	38.7	76.7	75.5	37.6	46.4
Items for hand washing
Water only	32.8	8.3	30.4	9.2	39.0	21.6
Water with soap	53.1	63.3	58.9	78.9	57.1	65.4
Water with ashes	0.0	0.0	3.6	9.2	0.0	3.8
Sand and water	0.0	0.0	3.6	21.8	2.6	8.8
Others	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	1.3	0.8