Table 4 Overview of frequency, duration and average duration of water contact in Kaedi, southern Mauritania, 2014/2015
Activities | Wet season | Dry season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Total duration (min) | Average duration (min) (95% CI) | Frequency | Total duration (min) | Average duration (min) (95% CI) | |
Professional | ||||||
Fishing | 178 | 13,519 | 75.9 (67.4–84.5) | 156 | 2080 | 13.4 (11.5–15.1) |
Rice farming | 301 | 3423 | 11.4 (10.5–12.2) | – | – | – |
Gardening | 41 | 1045 | 25.5 (19.0–31.9) | 52 | 286 | 5.5 (4.9–6.1) |
Domestic | ||||||
Fetching water | 223 | 971 | 4.4 (3.7–5.0) | 136 | 665 | 4.9 (4.2–5.5) |
Washing clothes | 581 | 21,792 | 37.5 (34.9–40.1) | 1435 | 14,016 | 9.8 (9.5–10.0) |
Washing dishes | 660 | 12,221 | 18.5 (17.4–19.6) | 662 | 7112 | 10.7 (10.2–11.3) |
Recreative | ||||||
Swimming (bathing) | 3091 | 47,336 | 15.3 (14.8–15.8) | 697 | 5852 | 8.4 (8.0–8.8) |
Ritual | ||||||
Ablution / worship of water | 216 | 1026 | 4.8 (0.8–8.7) | 10 | 56 | 5.6 (4.0–7.2) |
Micturate / drinking | 27 | 38 | 1.4 (1.1–1.7) | 160 | 316 | 2.0 (1.6–2.3) |
Other activities | ||||||
Animals washing or watering | 223 | 4130 | 18.6 (14.1–23.1) | 314 | 2542 | 8.1 (7.5–8.7) |
Walking | 108 | 336 | 3.1 (2.4–3.8) | 238 | 538 | 2.3 (2.0–2.5) |
Washing motorized machine | 58 | 1254 | 21.6 (17.0–26.2) | 182 | 2499 | 13.7 (12.7–14.8) |
(Dis) embarking | – | – | – | 504 | 2658 | 5.3 (5.1–5.4) |
Total | 5707 | 107,091 | 18.8 (18.2–19.4) | 4546 | 38,619 | |