Olapeju, Olasunkanmi Olusola (2022) QUANTIFICATION OF THE SIGNIFICANT VARIABLES DETERMINING THE METHODS OF LATRINES EMPTYING IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA. International Journal of Environmental, 15 (1).
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Abstract
In a bid to fundamentally address the problems associated with poorly managed onsite sanitation systems, there is need to examine the significant factors influencing the choice of households’ latrines emptying methods. Therefore, the objective of this study is to investigate the significant factors influencing the emptying methods of households’ latrines in Ogun State, Nigeria. A total of 165 questionnaires were administered to representative households in the study area. This implies that 55, 50, and 60 questionnaires were administered in Surulere, Ilaro I, and Sodeke/Sale Ijeun I, respectively, on the basis of ratio 1.1:1.0:1.23, which reflects the variance in population of 1,250,435(33%), 1,112,761(30%), and 1,387,944(37%) for Ogun East, Ogun West and Ogun Central, respectively. The study, adopting the multinomial logistic regression, found among others, that awareness of faecal waste reuse (DREUSE) was the only significant variable in the first equation. Awareness of faecal waste reuse (DREUSE), Lower-middle-class Income category (INCCAT3) and Simple pit latrines (LATTEC 2) at 0.18, 0.00, and 0.00, respectively, were significant in the second equation ,while only the sub-categories of income class such as floating class (INCCAT2) and upper-middle class(INCCAT4), both at 0.00, were significant in the third equation . Based on the findings, the study,among others, concludes that there is need for the careful application of poverty mitigation strategies to not just result in the elevation of people’s purchasing ability but also targeted at improving how their faecal wastes are managed. Keywords: Emptying; Faecal Waste;Latrines; Multinomial; Nigeria.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | A General Works > AS Academies and learned societies (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Geography |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email [email protected] |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Nov 2024 11:30 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Nov 2024 11:30 |
| URI: | http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/2379 |
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