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Safe disposal of a child’s faeces is disposing of the stool, bythe child using a toilet or by rinsing the stool into a toiletor latrine. Data on disposal of faeces of children 0–2years of age is presented in Table WS.7. The percentageof children whose stools were disposed of safely was 26percent in Serbia.Table WS.7: Disposal of child’s faeces, Serbia, 2010Percent distribution of children age 0–2 years according to place of disposalof child’s faeces, and the percentage of children age 0–2 years whose stoolswere disposed of safely the last time the child passed stoolsChild usedtoilet/latrinePut/rinsedinto toiletor latrinePut/rinsedinto drain orditchPlace of disposal of child’s faecesThrownintogarbageBuriedLeft inthe openOther Missing/DK TotalPercentage ofchildren whosestools weredisposed ofsafely 1Number ofchildrenage 0–2yearsType of sanitaton facility in dwelling*Improved 10.0 15.5 .3 72.7 .0 .1 .0 1.4 100.0 25.5 1927Unimproved (17.1) (20.3) (6.2) (56.4) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) 100.0 (37.4) 39RegionBelgrade 6.2 15.1 .3 77.5 .0 .0 .0 0.9 100.0 21.2 359Vojvodina 11.5 18.2 .5 68.9 .1 .2 .0 0.5 100.0 29.8 574Sumadija andWestern Serbia9.2 15.4 .7 72.3 .0 .2 .1 2.1 100.0 24.6 525Southern andEastern Serbia12.4 13.0 .0 72.8 .0 .0 .0 1.8 100.0 25.5 510AreaUrban 10.0 15.0 .5 73.3 .0 .0 .0 1.2 100.0 25.0 1047Rural 10.3 16.2 .3 71.3 .1 .3 .0 1.5 100.0 26.6 921Mother’s educationPrimary 13.1 22.2 .3 63.4 .2 .0 .0 0.8 100.0 35.3 296Secondary 9.9 14.4 .5 73.2 .0 .1 .0 1.9 100.0 24.3 1116Higher 9.5 14.9 .2 74.8 .0 .0 .1 0.6 100.0 24.4 533Wealth index quintilePoorest 7.6 20.3 .6 69.5 .2 .4 .0 1.5 100.0 27.8 394Second 10.2 10.9 .0 76.7 .0 .2 .0 2.0 100.0 21.1 344Middle 12.3 18.1 .3 68.8 .0 .0 .0 .5 100.0 30.4 334Fourth 10.2 14.0 .3 74.3 .0 .0 .0 1.2 100.0 24.1 388Richest 10.7 14.6 .6 72.5 .0 .0 .1 1.4 100.0 25.4 507Total 10.2 15.6 .4 72.4 .0 .1 .0 1.3 100.0 25.7 19681MICS indicator 4.4( ) Figures that are based on 25–49 unweighted cases* Disaggregation category “Open defacation” is not shown in the table due to a small number of occurences (less than 25 unweighted cases)102MULTIPLE INDICATOR CLUSTER SURVEY 2010