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Table 4 Behaviour, habit, and intention for sanitary disposal of AHPs frequencies and average

From: Absorbent hygiene products disposal behaviour in informal settlements: identifying determinants and underlying mechanisms in Durban, South Africa

Question

Item

Doers %

Non-doers %

Average

M (SD) %

Do you always dispose your child’s nappies in a safe way?

Behaviour 1 (sanitary disposal)

72.7

27.3

3.83 (0.97)

How often does it happen to you that you leave your child’s nappies on the ground without disposing of it?

Behaviour 2 (sanitary disposal, revers)

68.6

31.4

2.24 (1.05)

If there would be a collection point for child nappies in your community, would you bring child nappies to that point?

Behaviour 3 (collection)

-

-

70.8% (Yes)

How much do you feel that you dispose of your child’s nappies safely without thinking?

Habit (sanitary disposal)

67.5

32.5

3.72 (1.08)

How strongly do you intend to dispose of your child’s nappies safely?

Intention 1 (sanitary disposal)

86.9

13.1

4.25 (0.75)

How strongly do you intend to bring your child nappies to the collection point?

Intention 2 (collection)

84.6

15.4

4.24 (0.82)

  1. Note. N = 421. Behaviour, habit, and intention to dispose sanitarily AHPs response scale: 1 = not at all, 2 = a little, 3 = quite, 4 = much, and 5 = very much’; 1= (almost) never, 2 = seldom, 3 = sometimes, 4 = often, 5=(almost) always. Doers = 4–5, non-doers = 1–3. Behaviour 3: yes/no