Table 1 Storage, Concepts and Practice regarding Water Safety and diarrheal disease from The quantitative Individual Ques-Tionnaire Administered in Nelvoy.
Water Safety and diarrhea Main Village
(n = 41) n (%).
Harijan Colony
(n = 56) n (%).
Total (n = 97)
n (%)
P-value
a
Separate Storage of Drinking Water 41 (100) 43 (76.8) 84 (86.6) <0.001.
Microbial Treatment of Drinking Water 12 (29.3) 29 (51.8) 41 (42.3) 12:04.
Concept of Safe Water
Clear appearance 13 (31.7) 8 (14.3) 21 (21.6) .07.
Water from Bore Well 20 (48.8) 15 (26.8) 35 (36.1) 12:04.
No Salty Taste 3 (7.3) 1 (1.8) 4 (4.1. ) 0.4
Odourless 2 (4.9) 20 (35.7) 22 (22.7) <0.001.
From Clean tank 3 (7.3) 12 (21.4) 15 (15.5) twelve ten a.m..
a
Following Bonferroni adjustment, P-value of <0.002 was considered statistically significant.
Ferroni method (Bland and Altman, 1995) was used. After
adjustment, for inferences in this Study, aP-value <0.002.
was considered to be statistically significant.
3. Results
A total of 179 'general questionnaires' were Administered to.
One from Each Individual Household in The Village and 84.8%.
households were thus of The Covered. The Harijan Colony
had a larger than The Upper caste Population Main Village,.
households with more (119 vs. 60) and with a larger mean.
Family size (02.12 ± 4.78 vs. 4.07 ± 1.99, P = 12:03).
Of a total of 110 Individuals Selected for The Individ-UAL questionnaire, 97 (88.2%) The completed questionnaire;
41 (42.3%) respondents were from The Main Village and 56.
(57.7%) from The Harijan Colony. The difference in The Dis-tribution of The respondent households between The Main.
Village and The Harijan Colony was signifi--Cant Not statistically (P = 12:15). The Individual Data from questionnaire are
Presented InTables 1-3. From The Individual questionnaire,
SES was obtained for 95 (97.9%) Individuals. Differences
between The entire SES in The Sample and The Village were.
Not Different significantly (P = 0:46). However, there were
significant SES Differences in The Village of themain (P = 12:02).
and The SES of The Harijan Colony (P = 0.003) When compared.
separately with that of The entire Village. Results from Both
questionnaires and Focus Group discussions are Presented.
Below.
Table 3 Post-defecation Hand-washing with Soap by Age-Group in Nelvoy.
Age (years) Use Soap After.
defecation (n = 66)
a
n
(%)
Soap Not Used After
defecation (n = 29)
a
n
(%)
<15
B
19 (86.4) 3 (13.6).
15-40 24 (68.6) 11 (31.4).
41-60 20 (66.7) 10 (33.3).
> 60
B
3 (37.5 ) 5 (62.5)
a
Data Unavailable for One Individual in Each Group.
B
Between <15 and> 60 years, Fisher's exact testp = 0:03 (fol-lowing Bonferroni adjustment, P-value of <0.002 was considered.
statistically significant).
3.1. Water Supply and Storage
Ninety-Five (97.9%) of 97 The Individuals interviewed (and.
their households) obtained their gov-ernment piped Water Supply from The Supply, Derived Fromtwo Borewells. Two only
households (in The Harijan Colony) had Private Bore Wells.
All Openwells and Hand Pumps, Sources previously important.
of Drinking Water of The Village, had been for Almost Dry.
5 years. Eighty-Four (86.6%) kept Individuals interviewed.
separate from Drinking Water Water Used for Other purposes.
Such As Clothes washing and vessels, and for Toilet purposes.
Water was stored in Steel vessels in 74 (76.3%) households,.
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