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Table 1 Summary of measurements used to assess the psychological predictors of latrine ownership and consistent latrine use

From: The role of psychological factors in predicting latrine ownership and consistent latrine use in rural Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Factor

Items

Responses

values

Outcome variables

 Latrine ownership

Ownership of latrine

No/Yes for ownership of latrine

0/1

 Consistent latrine use

Predictor variables

Risk Perception

 Vulnerability

How high or low are the chances that you contract diarrheal disease when defecating in the open field?

Five point scale, that ranges from almost Very low, to Very high

1 to 5

 Severity

If you have diarrheal disease because of open defecation, how severely would that impact your life?

Five point scale, that ranges from almost Very low, to Very high

1 to 5

Attitude (affective)

 

How much beneficial/important it is building Five point scale, that ranges from almost Very low, to Very high

your own latrine in the one year

1 to 5

 

How much beneficial/important it is to defecate using latrine regularly

Five point scale, that ranges from almost Very low, to Very high

1 to 5

 

How much do you like to use latrine?

Five point scale, that ranges from almost Very low, to Very high

1 to 5

 

How much do you do you enjoy defecating in latrine?

Five point scale, that ranges from almost Very low, to Very high

1 to 5

Self-efficacy (latrine ownership)

Injective norm (latrine ownership)

How much ability you think you have building your own latrine in the next one year

Five point scale, that ranges from almost Very low, to Very high

1 to 5

Most of the people in my village think I should have my own latrine

Five point scale, that ranges from completely disagree to completely agree

1 to 5

People in my village will judge me if I don’t have my own

Five point scale, that ranges from completely disagree to completely agree

1 to 5

Descriptive norm (latrine use)

Most of the people I know in the community defecate using latrine regularly

Five point scale, that ranges from completely disagree to completely agree

1 to 5

How many of your neighbors use latrine for defecation?

Five point scale, that ranges from almost nobody to almost all

1 to 5

 

Using latrine regularly is the right thing to do because everybody does so

Five point scale, that ranges from completely disagree to completely agree

1 to 5

Injunctive norm (latrine use)

people who are important to me approve /disapprove that you use latrine

Five point scale, that ranges from completely disagree to completely agree

1 to 5

Defecating using latrine is regularly is something that most of the people in my village think

Five point scale, that ranges from completely disagree to completely agree

1 to 5

People in my village will judge me if I defecate in the open field

Five point scale, that ranges from completely disagree to completely agree

1 to 5

Cues to action

 Exposure to Health education (HEW)

 

Yes/No

 

 Exposure to CLTSH triggering

 

Yes/No

 
  1. Items and scales used to measure the psychological factors for predicting latrine ownership and consistent latrine use