Modelling latrine diffusion in Benin: towards a community typology of demand for improved sanitation in developing countries.
Jenkins, Marion W;
Cairncross, Sandy;
(2010)
Modelling latrine diffusion in Benin: towards a community typology of demand for improved sanitation in developing countries.
Journal of water and health, 8 (1).
pp. 166-183.
ISSN 1477-8920
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wh.2009.111
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Latrine diffusion patterns across 502 villages in Benin, West Africa, were analysed to explore factors driving initial and increasing levels of household adoption in low-coverage rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Variables explaining adoption related to population density, size, infrastructure/services, non-agricultural occupations, road and urban proximity, and the nearby latrine adoption rate, capturing differences in the physical and social environment, lifestyles and latrine exposure involved in stimulating status/prestige and well-being reasons for latrine adoption. Contagion was most important in explaining adoption initiation. Cluster analysis revealed four distinct village typologies of demand for latrines which provide a framework for tailoring promotional interventions to better match the different sanitation demand characteristics of communities in scaling-up sanitation development and promotion programmes.