Global Journal of Science Frontier Research, H: Environment & Earth Science, Volume 22 Issue 1

© 2022. Abdul-Rahaman Issahaku, Osman Alabira & Adam Wahabu. This research/review article is distributed under the terms of the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). You must give appropriate credit to authors and reference this article if parts of the article are reproduced in any manner. Applicable licensing terms are at https://creative commons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. Global Journal of Science Frontier Research: H Environment & Earth Science Volume 22 Issue 1 Version 1.0 Year 2022 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-4626 & Print ISSN: 0975-5896 Assessing the Determinants of Open Defecation Free Communities based on the Socio-Demographic and Economic Status of Household Heads in the Mion District of Northern Region, Ghana By Abdul-Rahaman Issahaku, Osman Alabira & Adam Wahabu University for Development Studies Abstract- The study was conducted in twenty open defecation free communities of the Mion District in the Northern Region with the objective of assessing the determinants of open defecation free communities based socio-demographic and economic status of household heads correlational analysis. The study design was mainly quantitative and involved225 respondents. The study found that, 73.4 percent have hand washing facilities for washing their hands after defecating but no soap, 62.2 percent of the respondents indicated had hand washing facilities, water and soap. The correlation analysis shows that there was a relationship between household size and open defecation free communities (p=0.000), age of respondents and open defecation free communities (p=0.000), religion and open defecation free communities (p=0.000) and the presence of water at toilets and open defecation free communities (p=0.017). Keywords: climate change, household toilets, open defecation, sanitation, water resources. GJSFR-H Classification: DDC Code: 616.34 LCC Code: RC803 AssessingtheDeterminantsofOpenDefecationFreeCommunitiesBasedontheSocioDemographicandEconomicStatusofHouseholdHeadsintheMionDistrictofNorthernRegionGhana Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: