Modelling latrine diffusion in Benin: Towards a community typology of demand for improved sanitation in developing countries

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 166-183

  Jenkins, Marion W ^a   Cairncross, Sandy ^b  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Behavior change; Cluster analysis; Innovation adoption; Latrines; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DEVELOPING WORLD; INNOVATION; LIFESTYLE; MODELING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; SANITATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TYPOLOGY; VILLAGE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; OCCUPATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; RURAL AREA; SANITATION;

BENIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOILET FACILITIES;

BENIN [WEST AFRICA];

EID: 77949404405     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2009.111     Document Type: Article

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