Table 1 WAEMU countries Household characteristics (in %) including domestic energy, access to water, hygiene and sanitation
Household characteristics | Benin | Burkina Faso | Ivory Coast | Mali | Senegal | Togo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 14,156 | N = 14,424 | N = 9686 | N = 9510 | N = 8380 | N = 9549 | |
Type of place of residence | ||||||
n | 14,156 | 14,424 | 9686 | 9510 | 8380 | 9549 |
urban | 43.1 | 24.9 | 45.4 | 22.3 | 51.7 | 44 |
rural | 56.9 | 75.1 | 54.6 | 77.7 | 48.3 | 56 |
Wealth Index Combined | ||||||
n | 14,156 | 14,424 | 9686 | 9510 | 8380 | 9549 |
poorest | 17.7 | 19.4 | 21.3 | 19.2 | 18.8 | 12.6 |
poorer | 18.9 | 20.2 | 18.3 | 20.0 | 17.6 | 17.3 |
middle | 19.8 | 19.3 | 21.7 | 20.5 | 19.5 | 22.9 |
richer | 20.8 | 19.2 | 20.6 | 20.9 | 23.0 | 24.5 |
richest | 22.8 | 21.9 | 18.1 | 19.4 | 21.1 | 22.7 |
Type of cooking fuel | ||||||
n | 14,156 | 14,424 | 9678 | 9510 | 8380 | 9548 |
electricity | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
liquefied petroleum gas | 3.3 | 4.6 | 14.8 | 0.3 | 27.0 | 6.5 |
natural gas | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
biogas | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Kerosene | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
coal/lignite | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 43.1 | 42.1 |
Charcoal | 26.7 | 4.3 | 17.6 | 19.3 | 18.9 | 48.2 |
Wood | 61.9 | 87.5 | 60.1 | 77.6 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
straw/shrubs/grass | 3.9 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
agricultural crop | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
animal dung | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
no food cooked in house | 1.0 | 2.6 | 6.9 | 1.4 | 7.6 | 1.6 |
other | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
low pollution fuelsa | 5.0 | 5.3 | 15.0 | 1.1 | 28.4 | 6.9 |
medium pollution fuelsb | 27.9 | 4.4 | 17.8 | 19.6 | 62.1 | 42.3 |
high pollution fuelsc | 65.9 | 87.7 | 60.2 | 77.9 | 1.9 | 49.4 |
Where food cooked in the house | ||||||
n | 14,007 | 14,043 | 8992 | 9376 | 7881 | 9404 |
in the house | 34.6 | 8.8 | 11.3 | 3.5 | 71.3 | 9.6 |
in a separate building | 14.0 | 23.2 | 37.8 | 68.8 | 21.1 | 23.7 |
outdoors | 50.6 | 67.9 | 50.6 | 27.4 | 7.2 | 66.6 |
other | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Household has electricity | ||||||
n | 14,156 | 14,424 | 9678 | 9510 | 8380 | 9543 |
yes | 35.6 | 13.1 | 55.9 | 48.6 | 63.3 | 45.8 |
no | 64.4 | 86.8 | 44.1 | 51.4 | 36.7 | 54.2 |
don’t know | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Main source of drinking water | ||||||
n | 14,156 | 14,424 | 9679 | 9510 | 8380 | 9542 |
unimproved | 28.3 | 23.0 | 21.6 | 30.7 | 14.9 | 32.2 |
improved | 71.7 | 77.0 | 78.4 | 69.3 | 85.1 | 67.8 |
Location of the source of water | ||||||
n | 10,569 | 13,348 | 6789 | 7744 | 3926 | 8951 |
in own dwelling/yard/plot | 17.2 | 3.8 | 18.6 | 17.5 | 14.6 | 10.5 |
elsewhere | 82.8 | 96.2 | 81.4 | 82.5 | 85.4 | 89.5 |
Type of toilet facility | ||||||
n | 14,156 | 14,424 | 9664 | 9510 | 8380 | 9544 |
unimproved | 11.7 | 6.4 | 19.7 | 35.4 | 14.3 | 7.7 |
improved | 34.4 | 31.3 | 47.0 | 55.4 | 72.7 | 43.5 |
bush/field | 53.9 | 62.3 | 33.2 | 9.1 | 13.0 | 48.8 |
Shared toilet with other households | ||||||
n | 6500 | 5586 | 6323 | 8161 | 7044 | 4374 |
yes | 63.8 | 50.7 | 66.6 | 42.6 | 31.9 | 70.5 |
no | 36.2 | 48.7 | 33.4 | 57.4 | 68.1 | 29.5 |
don’t know | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Hand washing place inside the house | ||||||
n | 14,156 | 14,424 | 9671 | 9510 | 8380 | 9529 |
observed place | 55.1 | 80.9 | 87.0 | 71.2 | 48.5 | 83.5 |
not observed place | 44.9 | 19.1 | 13.0 | 28.8 | 51.5 | 16.5 |
Frequency any household member smoking | ||||||
n | 14,156 | 14,424 | 9681 | 9510 | 8380 | 9544 |
never | 85.3 | 72.2 | 74.2 | 77.5 | 70.4 | 83.7 |
daily | 8.5 | 21.3 | 21.8 | 16.2 | 19.3 | 13.5 |
weekly | 5.4 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 2.1 |
monthly | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 0.3 |
less than once a month | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 0.4 |
don’t know | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 |