Table 1 Characteristics of the study households (N = 405) in Nhat Tan and Hoang Tay communes, Hanam province, Vietnam, 2009-2010
No | Characteristics of the surveyed household | N (%) |
|---|---|---|
1 | Socio-economic status | Â |
| Â | - poor households | 134 (33) |
2 | Water sources and sanitary and hygiene conditions | Â |
| Â | - tap water | 180 (44) |
| Â | - drilled tube well water | 255 (63) |
| Â | - rainwater use | 351 (87) |
| Â | - single vault latrine | 225 (56) |
| Â | - septic tank | 129 (32) |
| Â | - poor sanitary condition | 143 (35) |
3 | Exposed to human and animal excreta | Â |
|  | - composting of human excreta > 3 months before use | 131 (32) |
| Â | - use of human excreta as fertiliser in agriculture | 208 (51) |
| Â | - animals breeded | 341 (84) |
| Â | - animal excreta use as fertiliser in agriculture | 175 (43) |
4 | Exposed to Nhue River water | Â |
| Â | - Nhue River water use for field irrigation | 375 (93) |