Pit latrine emptying behavior and demand for sanitation services in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2588-2611

  Jenkins, Marion W ^a,b   Cumming, Oliver ^b   Cairncross, Sandy ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Affordability; Empting costs; Emptying frequency; Emptying services; Fecal sludge management; Gulper manual de sludging pump; latrine replacement; Pit additives; Urban sanitation; Willingness to pay for emptying services

Indexed keywords

HYGIENE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; SLUDGE; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFECATION HABIT; FEE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PURCHASING; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SANITATION; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; URBAN HYGIENE; DEVICES; HYGIENE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DAR ES SALAAM [DAR ES SALAAM (RGA)]; DAR ES SALAAM [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HYGIENE; SANITATION; TANZANIA; TOILET FACILITIES;

EID: 84927643740     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120302588     Document Type: Article

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