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household_id stringlengths 8 8	country stringclasses 14 values	year int64 2.02k 2.03k	location stringclasses 2 values	wealth_quintile stringclasses 5 values	household_size int64 3 11	practices_open_defecation bool 2 classes	frequency stringclasses 5 values	primary_location stringclasses 11 values	main_reason stringclasses 7 values	secondary_reason stringclasses 7 values	time_of_day stringclasses 6 values	season stringclasses 3 values	seasonal_variation stringclasses 4 values	behavior_change_dry_season bool 2 classes	behavior_change_rainy_season bool 2 classes	household_members_practicing int64 0 5	children_under_5_practicing bool 2 classes	distance_to_alternative_m int64 -1 2k	awareness_of_health_risks bool 2 classes	willing_to_change_behavior bool 2 classes
HH000001	Rwanda	2,020	urban	middle	4	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000002	Uganda	2,022	urban	poorest	9	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000003	Mali	2,021	rural	poorer	11	true	occasional	field	cultural_preference	facility_unavailable	dawn	dry	year_round	true	false	2	true	311	true	true
HH000004	Ghana	2,018	rural	middle	7	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000005	Rwanda	2,023	urban	middle	4	false	never	na	na	na	na	transitional	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000006	Ethiopia	2,024	urban	poorer	9	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000007	Uganda	2,025	urban	poorest	11	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000008	Mozambique	2,024	rural	poorer	3	true	daily	open_ground	no_facility	lack_privacy	night_only	dry	none	false	false	1	true	1,509	false	true
HH000009	Zambia	2,020	urban	poorer	6	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000010	Nigeria	2,019	urban	poorer	11	false	never	na	na	na	na	transitional	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000011	Mozambique	2,019	rural	middle	11	true	weekly	riverbank	no_facility	cleaner_alternative	any_time	dry	none	false	true	3	true	393	false	true
HH000012	DRC	2,024	rural	richest	6	false	never	na	na	na	na	transitional	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000013	Kenya	2,023	rural	poorer	9	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000014	Nigeria	2,022	rural	richer	8	true	daily	field	cultural_preference	social_norm	dawn_dusk	dry	none	false	false	3	false	264	true	false
HH000015	Uganda	2,025	rural	poorer	6	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000016	Tanzania	2,021	urban	poorest	11	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000017	Ethiopia	2,025	rural	richer	11	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000018	Rwanda	2,021	urban	middle	10	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000019	Niger	2,023	rural	richer	7	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000020	Senegal	2,018	urban	middle	11	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000021	Malawi	2,020	rural	middle	6	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000022	Mozambique	2,021	rural	richest	6	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000023	Ethiopia	2,019	urban	poorest	10	true	daily	drainage	no_facility	lack_privacy	dawn_dusk	dry	year_round	false	true	3	false	1,895	true	true
HH000024	Ethiopia	2,023	rural	richer	5	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000025	Ethiopia	2,025	urban	poorer	3	false	never	na	na	na	na	transitional	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000026	Mozambique	2,025	urban	richer	8	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000027	Mozambique	2,020	urban	middle	9	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000028	DRC	2,020	rural	poorer	7	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000029	Senegal	2,024	rural	middle	3	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000030	Niger	2,022	urban	middle	6	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000031	Ethiopia	2,021	rural	richest	9	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000032	Kenya	2,020	urban	richest	5	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000033	Senegal	2,021	rural	middle	4	true	weekly	riverbank	cultural_preference	facility_unavailable	dawn	rainy	increases_rainy	false	false	2	true	166	false	true
HH000034	Mali	2,020	urban	poorer	7	true	daily	alley	facility_broken	cleaner_alternative	night_only	rainy	increases_rainy	false	false	5	false	27	false	true
HH000035	Uganda	2,019	urban	poorest	6	false	never	na	na	na	na	transitional	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000036	DRC	2,021	urban	poorest	11	false	never	na	na	na	na	transitional	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000037	Zambia	2,023	rural	poorer	5	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000038	Zambia	2,023	urban	middle	11	false	never	na	na	na	na	transitional	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000039	Mali	2,019	rural	poorest	9	true	daily	riverbank	facility_shared	na	dawn_dusk	rainy	none	true	false	5	true	452	true	true
HH000040	Nigeria	2,023	rural	poorest	3	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000041	Mozambique	2,022	urban	richer	11	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000042	Nigeria	2,019	urban	middle	3	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000043	Niger	2,025	urban	poorest	10	true	daily	drainage	no_facility	na	any_time	rainy	increases_dry	false	false	2	true	734	false	true
HH000044	Mali	2,021	rural	middle	8	true	daily	open_ground	facility_shared	na	dusk	rainy	none	false	false	4	true	348	false	false
HH000045	Rwanda	2,021	urban	poorest	8	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000046	Uganda	2,021	rural	poorest	11	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000047	Rwanda	2,024	urban	poorest	10	false	never	na	na	na	na	transitional	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000048	Zambia	2,021	rural	poorer	5	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000049	Mozambique	2,022	rural	richer	8	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000050	Nigeria	2,019	rural	poorer	3	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000051	Ghana	2,023	urban	poorer	9	false	never	na	na	na	na	transitional	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000052	Tanzania	2,023	urban	poorest	5	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000053	Mali	2,021	rural	poorest	6	true	daily	riverbank	privacy_concerns	na	any_time	dry	increases_dry	true	true	5	false	368	false	true
HH000054	Mozambique	2,023	rural	poorest	11	true	daily	bush	facility_distant	na	dawn_dusk	rainy	increases_dry	false	false	1	true	1,626	false	true
HH000055	Mozambique	2,024	urban	poorer	8	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000056	Ghana	2,025	rural	richer	11	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000057	Rwanda	2,022	rural	richer	6	false	never	na	na	na	na	transitional	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000058	Rwanda	2,025	urban	poorest	11	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000059	Tanzania	2,022	urban	poorer	7	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000060	Niger	2,019	rural	poorer	11	true	daily	bush	facility_shared	na	dawn_dusk	rainy	none	false	false	3	true	286	false	true
HH000061	Rwanda	2,024	urban	poorer	4	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000062	Tanzania	2,019	urban	middle	5	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000063	Tanzania	2,022	rural	middle	10	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000064	Nigeria	2,018	rural	poorer	3	true	daily	field	facility_shared	na	dusk	dry	none	true	true	2	false	64	true	false
HH000065	Ethiopia	2,021	rural	poorest	11	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000066	Niger	2,021	urban	middle	6	true	daily	vacant_lot	no_facility	lack_privacy	dawn	dry	year_round	true	true	4	false	1,571	false	true
HH000067	Senegal	2,021	rural	richest	7	false	never	na	na	na	na	transitional	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000068	Malawi	2,025	rural	poorest	8	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000069	Mali	2,020	urban	richer	3	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000070	Tanzania	2,020	rural	poorest	8	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000071	Nigeria	2,020	urban	richest	9	false	never	na	na	na	na	transitional	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000072	Nigeria	2,023	rural	poorer	3	false	never	na	na	na	na	transitional	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000073	Malawi	2,022	rural	poorest	6	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000074	Mozambique	2,022	urban	poorer	9	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000075	Zambia	2,025	rural	middle	6	false	never	na	na	na	na	transitional	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000076	Rwanda	2,018	urban	poorest	11	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000077	Mali	2,021	rural	poorer	6	true	daily	bush	facility_shared	na	dawn	rainy	increases_rainy	true	false	1	false	326	false	false
HH000078	Zambia	2,018	rural	richest	4	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000079	Senegal	2,022	urban	poorest	3	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000080	Uganda	2,023	urban	poorest	3	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000081	Tanzania	2,019	rural	middle	8	false	never	na	na	na	na	transitional	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000082	DRC	2,020	rural	poorer	3	true	daily	riverbank	privacy_concerns	na	dusk	dry	year_round	false	false	1	true	76	false	true
HH000083	Niger	2,025	urban	richest	9	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000084	Tanzania	2,018	rural	middle	11	true	daily	bush	privacy_concerns	na	dawn	transitional	increases_dry	true	false	2	false	157	true	true
HH000085	Senegal	2,024	urban	poorer	6	false	never	na	na	na	na	transitional	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000086	Mali	2,018	rural	poorer	10	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000087	Kenya	2,019	urban	poorer	6	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000088	DRC	2,020	rural	poorest	5	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000089	Ghana	2,022	rural	middle	4	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000090	Nigeria	2,022	urban	richer	3	true	daily	riverside	facility_distant	na	dusk	rainy	increases_dry	false	true	2	true	922	false	true
HH000091	DRC	2,024	rural	poorer	8	false	never	na	na	na	na	dry	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000092	Mozambique	2,018	rural	poorest	3	true	daily	field	no_facility	na	dawn	rainy	year_round	false	true	2	true	1,253	true	true
HH000093	Nigeria	2,021	urban	poorer	8	true	daily	alley	privacy_concerns	na	dawn_dusk	dry	none	true	true	4	false	138	true	true
HH000094	DRC	2,021	rural	poorest	5	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000095	Zambia	2,021	rural	richer	11	false	never	na	na	na	na	transitional	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000096	Zambia	2,018	rural	poorer	8	false	never	na	na	na	na	transitional	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000097	Malawi	2,023	rural	poorer	9	false	never	na	na	na	na	transitional	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000098	Niger	2,023	rural	richer	11	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000099	Senegal	2,021	urban	middle	10	false	never	na	na	na	na	transitional	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false
HH000100	Ghana	2,019	rural	poorest	9	false	never	na	na	na	na	rainy	none	false	false	0	false	-1	false	false

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⚠️ Synthetic dataset — Parameterized from published SSA literature, not real observations. Not suitable for empirical analysis or policy inference.

Open Defecation Patterns Africa

Dataset containing synthetic household-level data on open defecation practices across Sub-Saharan African countries, including behavioral patterns, seasonal variations, and willingness to change.

Dataset Structure

Split	Records
high_burden	6,000
moderate_burden	5,000
low_burden	4,000
Total	15,000

Column Descriptions

Column	Type	Description
household_id	string	Unique household identifier
country	string	African country name
year	integer	Survey year (2020-2024)
location	string	Urban/peri_urban/rural
wealth_quintile	string	Wealth category (poorest to richest)
household_size	integer	Number of household members
practices_open_defecation	boolean	Whether household practices OD
frequency	string	Frequency of open defecation
primary_location	string	Where OD typically occurs
main_reason	string	Primary reason for OD
secondary_reason	string	Secondary reason for OD
time_of_day	string	When OD typically occurs
season	string	Current season context
seasonal_variation	string	How behavior varies by season
behavior_change_dry_season	boolean	Behavior change in dry season
behavior_change_rainy_season	boolean	Behavior change in rainy season
household_members_practicing	integer	Number of members practicing OD
children_under_5_practicing	boolean	Whether children under 5 practice OD
distance_to_alternative_m	integer	Distance to alternative facility
awareness_of_health_risks	boolean	Awareness of OD health risks
willing_to_change_behavior	boolean	Willingness to stop OD

Usage

import pandas as pd

# Load specific burden category
df = pd.read_csv("high_burden.csv")

# Load all data
dfs = [
    pd.read_csv("high_burden.csv"),
    pd.read_csv("moderate_burden.csv"),
    pd.read_csv("low_burden.csv")
]
df = pd.concat(dfs, ignore_index=True)

# Analyze OD prevalence by location
od_rate = df.groupby("location")["practices_open_defecation"].mean()

Key Statistics

Countries covered: Multiple Sub-Saharan African nations
Years: 2020-2024
Open defecation prevalence: Varies by burden category
Main reasons: Lack of facility, cultural practices, distance
Behavior change willingness: ~60% of practitioners

Research Sources

Data structure inspired by:

WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply and Sanitation
Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)
SDG 6.2 monitoring frameworks

License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)

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