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Asian Toilets

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[This survey asked about the respondent's use of Asian toilets (sometimes known as "squat" toilets, as they are common in some parts of southern Europe as well as other countries) in public places.]

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1. [*] Have you used an Asian (squat) toilet?

No	-	3	6.82%
Yes	-	41	93.18%
Total Answers	-	44

2. On this page, please tell us about your experience with Asian (squat) toilets...

In general, how was/is your experience with Asian (squat) toilets?

Good	-	17	41.46%
Okay	-	20	48.78%
Bad	-	4	9.76%
Total Answers	-	41

3. Do you use Asian toilets regularly?

No	-	21	52.50%
Yes	-	19	47.50%
Total Answers	-	40

4. Have you used them on a railway station or train?

No	-	11	26.83%
Yes	-	30	73.17%
Total Answers	-	41

5. Have you used them in a hotel room?

No	-	9	21.95%
Yes	-	32	78.05%
Total Answers	-	41

6. Would you say the following statements are true or false...

Asian toilets were generally clean or OK

False	-	21	52.50%
True	-	19	47.50%
Total Answers	-	40

7. Asian toilets were generally quite unhygienic

False	-	15	36.59%
True	-	26	63.41%
Total Answers	-	41

8. Asian toilets were easier to find than Western ones

False	-	8	20.00%
True	-	32	80.00%
Total Answers	-	40

9. Please tell us some more about why you haven't used an Asian (squat) toilet

I haven't travelled to any country which uses them

False	-	1	33.33%
True	-	2	66.67%
Total Answers	-	3

10. Why didn't you use an Asian toilet on your trip?

I tried to find Western toilets as much as possible

False	-	0	0.00%
True	-	1	100.00%
Total Answers	-	1

11. Please tell us why you looked for Western toilets:

I have problems squatting so low to use the toilet

No	-	1	100.00%
Yes	-	0	0.00%
Total Answers	-	1

12. I find Asian toilets distasteful to use

No	-	0	0.00%
Yes	-	1	100.00%
Total Answers	-	1

13. All Asian toilets I looked at were very dirty

No	-	0	0.00%
Yes	-	1	100.00%
Total Answers	-	1

14. Tell us your opinion of Asian (squat) toilets here:

I think Asian toilets are becoming less commmon in tourist destinations

Agree	-	25	59.52%
Neither agree nor disagree	-	13	30.95%
Disagree	-	4	9.52%
Total Answers	-	42

15. I think Asian toilets are easier to keep clean with limited cleaning resources

Agree	-	31	75.61%
Neither agree nor disagree	-	6	14.63%
Disagree	-	4	9.76%
Total Answers	-	41

16. I think Asian toilets have an unfair reputation amongst foreigners (unclean, difficult to use, likely to spread disease, etc.)

Agree	-	26	61.90%
Neither agree nor disagree	-	10	23.81%
Disagree	-	6	14.29%
Total Answers	-	42

17. I could imagine installing an Asian toilet in my own home when the time to upgrade my bathroom comes

Agree	-	9	21.43%
Neither agree nor disagree	-	7	16.67%
Disagree	-	26	61.90%
Total Answers	-	42

18. This site has some detailed help on using squat toilets (tokezone tips). Do you think there should be more positive information given about squat toilets and their use in the guidebooks?

Agree	-	26	61.90%
Neither agree nor disagree	-	10	23.81%
Disagree	-	6	14.29%
Total Answers	-	42

19. What do you think are the ADVANTAGES of Asian (squat) toilets?

They are relatively hygienic for the user even when not cleaned thoroughly

Agree	-	29	67.44%
Neither agree nor disagree	-	9	20.93%
Disagree	-	5	11.63%
Total Answers	-	43

20. The squatting position is better than a sitting position when voiding the bowels

Agree	-	25	58.14%
Neither agree nor disagree	-	11	25.58%
Disagree	-	7	16.28%
Total Answers	-	43

21. A toilet which allows the user to wash themselves easily with water (thus using little or no toilet paper) is more environmentally responsible

Agree	-	31	72.09%
Neither agree nor disagree	-	10	23.26%
Disagree	-	2	4.65%
Total Answers	-	43

22. Please add any more information you wish to share:
(Total Answers 12)

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12. Age is getting to me; it is becoming increasingly difficult getting up from a squat (or even from a low chair) so I'm avoiding Asian toilets as much as possible these days.

11. Squatters rool!

10. The human body is designed to squat, they even had an info campaign is Australia a few years ago saying that women should sit on the toilet with their palms flat on the ground as its better for your bladder - basically squatting position but sitting on the throne. Plus most women end up doing 'the hover' anyway 'cos we don't want to sit on a public toilet.

9. I hate them

8. I love Chinese style toilets- they use the toilet paper usually too, and you flush with the feet after you squat, but I never got used to the Muslim ones (Malaysia, Turkey) which had the hoses and water everywhere, soooooo wet and my clothes all got wet...

7. one just has to get used to it, that's the main thing. plus, it looks not 'modern' enough for most people i guess. in fact especially if used in public spaces they are a thousand times more hygienic than the western ones with piss all over the place because no-one would really sit one one.

6. For female traveller, hope you provide some toilet information (eg, finding western toilet or hygienic toilet) in a popular destination in Asia.

5. I'd need a book. As I've got some great squat toilet stories after 30 years of travel, including my first encounter with one in Switzerland in 1970 which I didn't know how to use! By 1975 and my overland trip to India I was a pro.

4. I don't like Asian squat toilets, purely because the ones I've seen (or avoided) are public ones - hence, disgusting. You may need to take into account that opinions may be based on public, as opposed to private, squat toilets.

3. I mostly have experience in China. In my opinion squat toilets are better there, even if they are dirty, because you don't need to sit on them. In China, when there is a Western style toilet, I will still choose for the squat toilet because not all Chinese know how to use a Western one.

2. Biggest disadvantage ... people who make a mess that don't clean up ... that then gets on the bottom of my trousers.

1. I don't know why its such an issue. And I am always baffled by people who profess to not knowing how to use one - I think its blindingly obvious. And I think squat toilets stink far too much far too often, considering how easy they are supposed to be keep clean, I don't like the way they are always surrounded by mud and with water all over the joint. I hate that. Western toilets are very easy to clean. You can just as readily slosh a bucket of water over them as you can a squat toilet and you can't really catch anything from sitting on a toilet seat. If people don't shit or pee on the seat, what's the problem. They are much more comfortable, providing they are not too high. True they use more water but the Greeks do well with sloshing a bucket of water down them so long as you don't put the loo paper down the loo.