NEW UPDATE IJS VOLUME 9

[Ibadan Journal of Sociology, June, 2019, 9 ]

[© 2014-2019 Ibadan Journal of Sociology]

81

Limited improved
source

49.9% 16.3% 33.9% 131

Unimproved
source

58.8% 20.8% 20.4% 189

Surface source 59.3% 16.0% 24.6% 66
Household type
of toilet facility
Basic improved
facility

51.3% 17.8% 30.9% 1302

Limited improved
facility

35.3%

26.9%

37.8%

901

Unimproved

65.3% 14.7% 20.0% 1137

Open defecation
16.0%
33.9%
50.1%
369
Household type of
cooking fuel
Non-solid / safe
fuel

13.5% 21.7% 64.7% 414

Solid
fuel/biomass

52.6% 20.5% 26.8% 329

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Maternal current age reveals that at least 1 out of 10 mothers has

attained secondary education and above across all age groups, while more

than half of those with 1 child’s birth order (52.1%) had attained secondary

education and above compared to those with 4 child’s birth order or above.

This implies that as urban poor mothers advance in their level of education,

there is a drop in the number of child’s birth order.

The distribution of household source of drinking water by maternal

education reveals that while more than half of those with unimproved and

surface sources of water had no formal education, at least 3 out of 5 mothers

with basic improved sources and limited improved sources had attained

secondary education and above among the urban poor. The proportion of

type of toilet facility used among urban poor by the level of education took

a different direction from the observed trends in the sources of water. While

a large proportion of those who had no formal education utilised basic

improved toilet facility (51.3%), only 3 out of 10 urban poor used improved

basic facility. The percentage of those who engaged in open defecation

among those with secondary education and above (50.1%) is even higher

than those who had no formal education (16.0%).

Given that the percentage of those who had attained higher

educational qualification among the urban poor engaged in open defecation