Fig. 7: Respondents’ perception on their ability to adopt scheduled emptying (timely and safely) behaviour for onsite sanitation systems/non-sewered sanitation systems (OSS/NSS) in the study area. | Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Fig. 7: Respondents’ perception on their ability to adopt scheduled emptying (timely and safely) behaviour for onsite sanitation systems/non-sewered sanitation systems (OSS/NSS) in the study area.

From: Perception management of non-sewered sanitation systems towards scheduled faecal sludge emptying behaviour change intervention

Fig. 7

Members of 400 households were surveyed via a structured questionnaires on how they perceived their individual and household ability to carried out scheduled emptying (i.e., timely and safely) of onsite sanitation systems/non-sewered sanitation systems (OSS/NSS) in their community. Perceived level of required knowledge to practice scheduled emptying was high (44%) and medium (56%); perceived level of understanding for all requirements was high (40%) and medium (60%); perceived level of confidence in own household ability to carry out scheduled emptying was high (73%) and medium (27%); perceived importance of scheduled (i.e., timely and safe) emptying behaviour was high (80%) and medium (20%); perceived own household ability to adapt alternate plans for scheduled emptying was high (48%) and medium (52%); perceived own household willingness to practice scheduled emptying considerably was high (47%) and medium (53%); there were no perception of low ability.

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