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As shown in Table WS.6R, 85 percent of the populationin Roma settlements is using an unshared improvedsanitation facility. Urban households more often useunshared improved sanitation facilities than ruralhouseholds (89 percent versus 75 percent, respectively).About 7 percent of the population that use improvedsanitation facilities share it with other households. Thesituation is worst for members of the poorest householdswhere 19 percent share sanitation facilities with personsfrom other households.Table WS.6R: Use and sharing of sanitation facilities, Roma Settlements, 2010Percent distribution of household population by use of private and public sanitation facilitiesand use of shared facilities, by users of improved and unimproved sanitation facilitiesNotshared 1Users of improved sanitation facilitiesPublicfacility5householdsor lessShared byMore than 5householdsNotsharedUsers of unimproved sanitation facilitiesPublicfacility5householdsor lessShared byMore than 5householdsOpendefecation(no facility,bush, field)TotalNumber ofhouseholdmembersAreaUrban 89.3 .2 5.1 .9 3.7 .0 .1 .1 .6 100.0 5772Rural 75.1 .2 7.6 .0 8.8 1.4 .3 .3 6.3 100.0 2515Education of household headNone 70.4 .8 9.6 4.6 5.9 2.6 .6 .4 5.1 100.0 998Primary 84.9 .1 6.0 .1 6.1 .1 .1 .1 2.4 100.0 5915Secondary 96.0 .0 2.5 .0 1.3 .0 .0 .1 .2 100.0 1308Wealth index quintilePoorest 61.4 .8 15.7 3.0 5.4 2.1 .4 .7 10.5 100.0 1657Second 83.4 .2 9.4 .0 5.8 .0 .1 .0 1.1 100.0 1657Middle 89.6 .0 2.8 .0 7.4 .0 .0 .0 .2 100.0 1658Fourth 94.8 .0 1.2 .0 3.9 .0 .1 .0 .0 100.0 1659Richest 95.9 .0 .2 .0 3.9 .0 .0 .0 .0 100.0 1656Total 85.0 .2 5.9 .6 5.3 .4 .1 .1 2.3 100.0 82881MICS indicator 4.3; MDG indicator 7.9Safe disposal of a child’s faeces means disposing of thestool, by the child using a toilet or by rinsing the stoolinto a toilet or latrine. Data on disposal of faeces ofchildren 0–2 years of age is presented in Table WS.7R. Thepercentage of children whose stools were disposed of safelywas 13 percent in Roma settlements.MONITORING THE SITUATION OF CHILDREN AND WOMEN 105