Variables | Practice of Domestic Solid Waste Management | Total (%) N = 403 (%) | Chi2/P-Value | ||
Good (%) n = 314 (%) | Bad (%) n = 89 (%) | ||||
Age | 15 - 29 yrs. | 68 (21.66) | 23 (25.84) | 91 (22.58) | 6.3008/0.098 |
30 - 39 yrs. | 87 (27.71) | 15 (16.85) | 102 (25.31) | ||
40 - 49 yrs. | 89 (28.34) | 34 (38.20) | 123 (30.52) | ||
50+ yrs. | 70 (22.29) | 17 (19.10) | 87 (21.59) | ||
Occupation | Farmer | 31 (9.87) | 18 (20.22) | 49 (12.16) | 13.0369/0.023 |
Trader | 200 ( 63.69) | 45 (50.53) | 24 (60.76) | ||
Student | 20 (6.35) | 7 (7.87) | 27 (6.70) | ||
Unemployed | 42 (13.38) | 17 (19.10) | 59 (14.64) | ||
Employed | 10 (3.18) | 0 (0.00) | 10 (2.48) | ||
Others | 11 (3.50) | 2 (2.25) | 13 (3.23) | ||
Ethnic Group | Ewe | 273 (86.94) | 59 (66.29) | 332 (82.38) | 26.6275/0.0001 |
Hausa | 17 (5.41) | 20 (22.47) | 37 (9.18) | ||
Akan | 24 (7.64) | 10 (11.24) | 34 (8.44) | ||
Religion | Christian | 302 (96.1) | 61 (68.54) | 363 (90.07) | 60.9484/0.0001 |
Moslem | 12 (3.82) | 25 (28.09) | 37 (9.18) | ||
Traditionalist | 0 (0.00) | 3 (3.37) | 3 (0.74) | ||
Sex | Male | 90 (28.66) | 33 (37.08) | 123 (30.52) | 2.3163/0.128 |
Female | 224 (71.34) | 56 (62.92) | 280 (69.48) | ||
Educational Level | Primary | 117 (37.26) | 26 (29.21) | 143 (35.48) | 6.442/0.168 |
Secondary | 141 (44.90) | 45 (50.56) | 186 (46.15) | ||
Tertiary | 22(7.01) | 12(13.48) | 34 (8.44) | ||
JSS | 4 (1.27) | 1 (1.12) | 5 (1.24) | ||
None | 30 (9.55) | 5 (5.62) | 35 (8.68) | ||
Marital Status | Single | 89 (28.34) | 22 (24.72) | 111 (27.54) | 2.5529/0.466 |
| Married | 197 (62.74) | 62 (69.66) | 259 (64.27) |
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| Divorce | 10 (3.18) | 3 (3.37) | 13 (3.23) |
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| Separated | 18 (5.73) | 2 (2.25) | 20 (4.96) |
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