SMW components\ Income group | Low income | Middle income | High income | Total | Wilcoxon signed rank test | |||||
Wet season | Dry season | Wet season | Dry season | Wet season | Dry season | Wet season | Dry season | Z | p-valueb | |
Pharmaceutical waste | 4.31 × 10−3 | 1.10 × 10−3 | 0.81 × 10−3 | 1.06 × 10−3 | 1.97 × 10−3 | 0.98 × 10−3 | 2.79 × 10−3 | 1.06 × 10−3 | 3.052 | 0.002 |
Sharps waste | 0.06 × 10−3 | 0.04 × 10−3 | 0.05 × 10−3 | 0.03 × 10−3 | 0.04 × 10−3 | 0.03 × 10−3 | 0.05 × 10−3 | 0.04 × 10−3 | 1.938 | 0.053 |
Solid medical waste | 4.36 × 10−3 | 1.15 × 10−3 | 0.87 × 10−3 | 1.07 × 10−3 | 2.01 × 10−3 | 1.01 × 10−3 | 2.84 × 10−3 | 1.09 × 10−3 | 3.129 | 0.002 |
Offensive waste | 34.89 × 10−3 | 10.65 × 10−3 | 38.86 × 10−3 | 10.28 × 10−3 | 14.28 × 10−3 | 2.90 × 10−3 | 30.97 × 10−3 | 8.61 × 10−3 | 4.960 | 0.000 |