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Table 1 Most common sanitation method as per wealth status ranking (%)

From: Progress in sanitation among poor households in Kenya: evidence from demographic and health surveys

KDHS

Poorest

Poorer

Middle

Richer

Richest

2003

Open defecation (60.1%)

Pit latrine without slab (79.5%)

Pit latrine without slab (83.1%)

Pit latrine without slab (79.4%)

Pit latrine withwithout slab (41.4%)

2008

Open defecation (50.6%)

Pit latrine without slab (64.8%)

Pit latrine without slab (56%)

Pit latrine without slab (35.5%)

Flush toilet to piped sewer (33.1%)

2014

Open defecation (49.6%)

Pit latrine without slab (63.3%)

Pit latrine without slab (53.7%)

Pit latrine with slab (30.3%)

Flush toilet to piped sewer (30%)