Volume 17, Number 11—November 2011
THEME ISSUE
CHOLERA IN HAITI
Dispatch
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Treatment and Prevention of Cholera, Haiti, 2010
Table 2
Access to soap and attitudes toward water purification tablets, Port au Prince, Haiti, December 6−7 and 14−16, 2010*
Access and attitude | No. respondents | Weighted† % (95% CI) |
---|---|---|
Soap | ||
Received soap | 65 | 16.5 (3.6–29.4) |
Purchased soap | 381 | 95.7 (93.9–97.5) |
Had soap at the house at time of survey | 355 | 84.1 (81.3–86.9) |
Water purification tablets | ||
Received in the past month | 178 | 41.5 (29.9–53.1) |
Bought in the past month, n = 403 | 279 | 70.2 (64.3–76.2) |
Know how to use, n = 402 | 389 | 97.5 (96.0–99.1) |
Perceptions of water purification tablets, n = 387 | ||
Strong taste, unacceptable | 25 | 4.7 (2.4–7.0) |
Some taste, acceptable | 345 | 87.7 (83.7–91.6) |
No taste | 3 |
0.6 (0–1.2)
*n = 404 except as indicated. CI, confidence interval. |
*n = 404 except as indicated. CI, confidence interval.
†Sampling weights are according to population size.