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Table 2 Material circumstance of the study households

From: Towards transformative WASH: an integrated case study exploring environmental, sociocultural, economic and institutional risk factors contributing to infant enteric infections in rural tribal India

Household material circumstances

Overall (n = 42)

Katcha houses

36 (86%)

Gas-stove ownership

18 (43%)

Main water source

 Public hand-pump

32 (76%)

 Private electrical borewell

8 (19%)

 Open unimproved well

2 (5%)

 Distance to main water source > 100 m

16 (38%)

 Storage of drinking water in the premises

41 (98%)

 Storage of hygiene water in the premises

16 (38%)

 Some type of latrine construction present

17 (40%)

 Improved latrine available

5 (12%)

 Livestock ownership (goats, cows, buffaloes, and bulls)

41 (98%)

 Poultry ownership (chickens)

13 (31%)