Gender dynamics of community-led total sanitation interventions in Mpwapwa District, Tanzania

Figures & data

Table 1. Demographic data of the 77 interviewees from the study community.

Characteristic	Total N (%) (n = 77)	Male N (%) (n = 37)	Female N (%) (n = 40)
Marital status Married Single Divorced Widow	53 (69) 6 (8) 9 (12) 9 (12)	35 (95) 1 (3) 0 (0) 1 (3)	18 (45) 5 (13) 9 (23) 8 (20)
Age (range 18–90)
Mean (SD)	42 (17)	45 (17)	38.8 (17)
Number of children (range 0–36)
Mean (SD)	4 (4)	4.8 (6)	3.2 (2)
Living in household headed by Female Male	27 (35) 50 (65)	4 (11) 33 (89)	23 (89) 17 (11)
Relationship of respondent to head of household Respondent being head Husband Wife Sister Daughter Mother	51 (66) 4 (5) 13 (17) 1 (1) 3 (3) 5 (6)	33 (89) 4 (11) 0 0 0 0	18 (45) 0 13 (33) 1 (3) 3 (8) 5 (13)
Highest level of education None Primary Secondary	8 (10) 53 (69) 16 (21)	3 (8) 25 (68) 9 (24)	5 (13) 28 (7) 7 (18)
Role Community leader Community member	21 (27) 56 (73)	17 (46) 20 (54)	4 (10) 36 (90)

Figure 1. Barriers to completing community-led total sanitation activities reported by female and male informants.

Figure 2. Barriers to implementation of community-led total sanitation actions in different study villages.

Figure 3. Control as a central concept in explaining gender dynamics in the four selected study villages. The figure shows the interconnections between different codes used in the data analysis. The shading of the codes shown in the diagram relates to the higher order codes of gender relations, gender equality, gender roles, latrine building and miscellaneous shown in the key. The connections between the codes were created as the codes were commonly used together on specific quotes.