An exploratory pilot study of the effect of modified hygiene kits on handwashing with soap among internally displaced persons in Ethiopia

Table 5 Summarised results from soap ranking activity where FGD participants were asked to rank different types of soap against a list of criteria describing various qualities of the soap (1 = the highest ranking and 6 = the lowest ranking)

	Desirability		Pleasantness		Long lasting		Familiarity		Something that I really would want to use		A soap the kebele leader would be likely to use		Effective at killing germs		Easy to use		Water saving
Gender	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M
Liquid soap	5	1	3	3	4	2	5	4	3	3	6	3	3	2	1	1	6	1
Scented soap bar	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	5	1	1	4	6	6	3	5	3	1	2
Normal soap	3	3	2	4	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	5	4	4	4	2	2	5
Antibacterial soap	2	4	5	2	5	5	6	6	5	4	5	4	1	1	3	5	4	3
Low-cost soap bar	6	6	6	6	6	6	1	1	6	6	1	1	5	6	2	6	5	6
Laundry soap bar	4	5	4	5	1	3	3	2	4	5	3	2	2	5	6	4	3	4

ISSN: 1752-1505