Indicator 6.2.1 Proportion of population using (a) safely managed sanitation services and (b) a hand-washing facility with soap and water

Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Target 6.2: By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations

Indicator 6.2.1: Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services, including a hand-washing facility with soap and water

November 2021

All targets under Goal 6, as well as targets 1.2, 1.4, 2.2, 3.2, 3.8, 3.9, 4a, 5.4 and 11.1

Uganda Bureau of Statistics

Simon Kyewalyanga

Project and Methodology

Senior Statistician Methods

+256 772 511682

P.O.Box 7186,Kampala

simon.kyewalyanga@ubos.org

Definition:

The Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services, including a hand-washing facility with soap and water is currently being measured by the proportion of the population using a basic sanitation facility which is not shared with other households and where excreta is safely disposed in site or treated off-site. ‘Improved’ sanitation facilities include: flush or pour flush toilets to sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines, ventilated improved pit latrines, pit latrines with a slab, and composting toilets. Population with a basic handwashing facility: a device to contain, transport or regulate the flow of water to facilitate handwashing with soap and water in the household.

Concepts:

Improved sanitation facilities include the following: flush or pour flush toilets to sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines, ventilated improved pit latrines, pit latrines with a slab, and composting toilets. Safely disposed in site; when pit latrines and septic tanks are not emptied, the excreta may still remain isolated from human contact and can be considered safely managed. For example, with the new SDG indicator, households that use twin pit latrines or safely abandon full pit latrines and dig new facilities, a common practice in rural areas, would be counted as using safely managed sanitation services. Treated offsite; not all excreta from toilet facilities conveyed in sewers (as wastewater) or emptied from pit latrines and septic tanks (as faecal sludge) reaches a treatment site. For instance, a portion may leak from the sewer itself or, due to broken pumping installations, be discharged directly to the environment. Similarly, a portion of the faecal sludge emptied from containers may be discharged into open drains, to open ground or water bodies, rather than being transported to a treatment plant. And finally, even once the excreta reaches a treatment plant a portion may remain untreated, due to dysfunctional treatment equipment or inadequate treatment capacity, and be discharged to the environment. For the purposes of SDG monitoring, adequacy of treatment will initially be assessed based on the reported level of treatment. A hand washing facility with soap and water: a handwashing facility is a device to contain, transport or regulate the flow of water to facilitate hand washing. This indicator is a proxy of actual hand washing practice, which has been found to be more accurate than other proxies such as, self-reports of hand washing practices.

Percent

N/A

Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS)

Data Collection method

Data collection includes; survey planning, consultative user needs assessment meetings, survey and sampling design, questionnaire development, pretesting and finalization of questionnaires, recruitment and training of field staff, field data collection and capture, data processing, management, checking and analysis, report writing and production. At each stage, the survey conformed to international best practices in survey implementation.

Sample Design

The sample was designed to allow generation of separate estimates at the national level, for urban and rural areas and for fifteen sub-regions of Uganda. A two-stage stratified sampling design is used. At the first stage, EAs are grouped by districts of similar socio-economic characteristics and by rural-urban location. The EAs were then drawn using Probability Proportional to size.

At the second stage, households which are the ultimate sampling units are drawn using Systematic Random Sampling. The total numbers of the EAs are selected from the National Population and Housing Census (NPHC) which constituted the sampling frame.

Training and field work

A team of field supervisors and interviewers are recruited and trained for the main survey. The main approach of the training comprised instructions in relation to interviewing techniques and field procedures, a detailed review of the data collection modules, tests and practice using hand-held Computer Assisted Interviews (CAPI) devices. The training also includes interviews and field practice in selected EAs outside of the main survey sample. Team supervisors are further trained in data quality control procedures and coordination of field activities.

Prior to the main fieldwork, the data collection module are pretested to ensure that the questions are clear, flowing and easily understood by respondents.

Data collection

The UNHS 2019/20 determined Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services, including a handwashing facility with soap and water.

During data collection, the interviewers asked respondents the question about Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services, including a hand-washing facility with soap and water as follows;

Does this household have a hand washing facility next to the toilet?

1 = Yes with water only

2 = Yes with water and soap

3 = Yes with no water

4 = No

very three years

2023

Uganda Bureau of Statistics

Uganda Bureau of Statistics

The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) Act, 1998 provides for the development and maintenance of a National Statistical System (NSS) to ensure collection, analysis and publication of integrated, relevant, reliable and timely statistical information. It established the Bureau as the coordinating, monitoring and supervisory body for the National Statistical System.

In the NDPIII, the government, through the water and sanitation sub-sector, will focus on, among others, improving sanitation and hygiene levels in rural and urban areas over the NDP III period. Access to proper sanitation ensures dignity and helps prevent the spread of diseases such as cholera that are associated with faecal contamination.

The indicators suffer from the use of the terms “coverage” and “utilization” interchangeably.

The number of people using improved sanitation facilities divided by the total household population multiplied by 100

With the advent of CAPI for the 2019/20 UNHS, data management started in the field with scrutiny of the captured data. This was first undertaken by the supervisors who then transferred the data to the headquarters on the Survey Solution’s Cloud. Data was converted and exported to STATA 16.1 format for further checks and quality assurance as well as for generation of statistical tables.

None available

Quality Management is addressed through a series of activities by the UBOS Top management;

1. The survey implementation is overseen by a Technical Working Group which is constituted using a multi-sectorial approach.
2. The survey report is reviewed by an experienced team at Management level who are in most cases Directors or Heads of departments.

The 2019/20 UNHS underwent several stages before production and sharing of the final findings. During the Survey implementation.

1. Consultative user needs assessment meetings are held with all key stakeholders.
2. The survey and sampling design generated using scientific methods as recommended by the Census and Survey
3. Rules and Regulations.
4. The questionnaire development follows a multi-stakeholder approach and pretesting helps to establish the
5. Relevancy and adequacy of the questions to be used.
6. Senior Supervision is conducted during data collection to ensure that quality data is collected

Data editing, cleaning and coding is undertaken before analysis and report writing.

Before dissemination, the report is reviewed and quality assured by the Department of Outreach and Quality Assurance at the Bureau.

The data is available at the National level by Residence and Type of improved toilet/latrine facility.

No deviation.

Uganda National Household Survey reports (2012/13- 2019/20)