Explaining the Effects of Socioeconomic and Housing Characteristics on the Choice of Toilet Facilities among Ghanaian Households
المؤلفون المشاركون
Adzawla, William
Alhassan, Hamdiyah
Jongare, Adams Imoru
المصدر
Journal of Environmental and Public Health
العدد
المجلد 2020، العدد 2020 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2020)، ص ص. 1-9، 9ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2020-05-20
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
9
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Open defecation remains a major environmental sanitation challenge facing all areas of Ghana.
This notwithstanding, the socioeconomic drivers of this phenomenon are overlooked.
This study, therefore, analysed the factors that influence the choice of toilet facilities over the practice of open defecation in the country.
Ghana Living Standard Survey round 7 (GLSS7) data were analysed using multinomial logit regression.
From the data, a majority of households used improved toilet facilities (WC, KVIP, and pit latrines with slab) in Ghana and over one-fourth of households engaged in open defecation.
The regression result revealed that the choice of toilet facilities over the practice of open defecation was significantly influenced by the sex of the household head, age, household size, education, marital status, locating in urban areas, regional locations, ownership of dwelling, type of dwelling, expenditure on rent, expenditure quintile, and per capita consumption expenditure of the household.
Specifically, male, younger, less educated, and first income-quintile household heads have higher probability of practicing open defecation in Ghana.
These variables point to specific policy directions that should be corrected or targeted to minimize, if not eliminate, the practice of open defecation in the country.
The Media Coalition Campaign against Open Defecation should be intensified and directed towards the males, youths, and the less educated populace.
This study also justified that calls for Ghanaians to change their attitudes or behavior towards open defecation are mere rhetoric if such calls are not defined within the socioeconomic conditions of the people of the area.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Adzawla, William& Alhassan, Hamdiyah& Jongare, Adams Imoru. 2020. Explaining the Effects of Socioeconomic and Housing Characteristics on the Choice of Toilet Facilities among Ghanaian Households. Journal of Environmental and Public Health،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1184298
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Adzawla, William…[et al.]. Explaining the Effects of Socioeconomic and Housing Characteristics on the Choice of Toilet Facilities among Ghanaian Households. Journal of Environmental and Public Health No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1184298
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Adzawla, William& Alhassan, Hamdiyah& Jongare, Adams Imoru. Explaining the Effects of Socioeconomic and Housing Characteristics on the Choice of Toilet Facilities among Ghanaian Households. Journal of Environmental and Public Health. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1184298
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1184298
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
أضخم قاعدة بيانات عربية للاستشهادات المرجعية للمجلات العلمية المحكمة الصادرة في العالم العربي
تقوم هذه الخدمة بالتحقق من التشابه أو الانتحال في الأبحاث والمقالات العلمية والأطروحات الجامعية والكتب والأبحاث باللغة العربية، وتحديد درجة التشابه أو أصالة الأعمال البحثية وحماية ملكيتها الفكرية. تعرف اكثر