Hygiene and Sanitation Practices and the Risk of Morbidity among Children 6–23 Months of Age in Kumbungu District, Ghana

Table 3

Water and food hygiene practices in the households of the children.

Variable	Frequency (%)
Water safety and hygiene
Household water source
Pipe/borehole	287 (95.7)
Other	13 (4.3)
How water is treated before use
Treated (filtration, boiling or chlorine tablets)	102 (34.00)
No treatment	198 (66.0)
How frequently water storage container is cleaned
Anytime storage container is being filled	275 (94.5)
Otherwise	16 (5.5)
Food hygiene practices
Utensils are washed with soap before cooking
Yes	275 (91.7)
No	25 (8.3)
Treatment of fruits and vegetables before eating/cooking
Water and salt (saline)	35 (11.7)
Otherwise	265 (88.3)
Leftover food is covered
Yes	285 (95.3)
No	14 (4.7)
Leftover food is heated before consumption
Yes	296 (98.7)
No	4 (1.3)