The impact of an operation and management intervention on toilet usability in schools in the Philippines: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Table 5 Student to toilet ratio at baseline and endline by usability and quality measures among intervention and control schools

	Accessible toilets^a		Functional toilets^b		Private toilets^c		High quality toilets^d		Accessible, Functional, Private and high quality ^c
	Baseline	Endline	Baseline	Endline	Baseline	Endline	Baseline	Endline	Baseline	Endline
Control	44	46	40	41	87	90	48	63	119	149
Intervention	45	48	44	43	80	136	53	48	145	208
Mann - Whitney	p = 0.28		p = 0.283		p = 1.000		p = 0.65		p = 0.471

^aAccessibility defined as door is not locked
^bFunctional defined as water is available for flushing in either cubicle or block
^cPrivacy defined as: no large gaps /hole in structure, toilet has a door, which closes completely, and locks from the inside. Toilets intended for pre-primary children can be classified as private without a lock on the inside
^dHigh quality toilets defined as those which scored more than 8.5/ 10 across a range of quality indicators

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