title: Modelling latrine diffusion in Benin: towards a community typology of demand for improved sanitation in developing countries.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA. mwjenkins@ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: Marion W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Jenkins
authors.forename: Sandy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cairncross
mesh_terms: D001541:Benin; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003906:Developing Countries; D005191:Family Characteristics; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D015980:Public Health Practice; D012424:Rural Population; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014038:Toilet Facilities / Q000592:standards*