Table 2 Housing characteristics and living conditions of the study participants, Greater Accra Region, Ghana, 2012
From: Residential characteristics as correlates of occupants’ health in the greater Accra region, Ghana
Variable | Self-rated health | |
|---|---|---|
Good health Frequency (%) | Poor health Frequency (%) | |
Physical structure (n = 500) | ||
Cement/concrete | 367 (95.1) | 19 (4.9) |
Brick/mud/wood | 107 (93.8) | 7 (6.2) |
Roofing material (n = 500) | ||
Aluminum sheets | 278 (94.6) | 16 (5.4) |
Asbestos/clay/thatch | 196 (95.1) | 10 (4.9) |
Ventilation (n = 500) | ||
<2 windows | 74 (91.4) | 7 (8.6) |
2+ windows | 400 (95.5) | 19 (4.5) |
House type (n = 500) | ||
Self-contained* | 242 (97.2) | 7 (2.8) |
Single family detached | 61 (93.8) | 4 (6.2) |
Compound | 110 (94.0) | 7 (6.0) |
Kiosk/container/other | 61 (88.4) | 8 (11.6) |
House age (n = 498) | ||
≤10 years | 172 (96.1) | 7 (3.9) |
>10 years | 151 (94.4) | 9 (5.6) |
Don’t know | 149 (93.7) | 10 (6.3) |
Duration of residence (n = 494) | ||
≤6 months | 52 (92.9) | 4 (7.1) |
>6 months | 417 (95.2) | 21 (4.8) |
Occupancy at 2ppr** (n = 500) | ||
1-2 ppr | 302 (95.6) | 14 (4.4) |
>2 ppr | 172 (93.5) | 12 (6.5) |
Repair required (n = 496) | ||
Yes | 197 (90.4) | 21 (9.6) |
No | 273 (98.2) | 5 (1.8) |
House tenure (n = 499) | ||
Owner/caretaker | 276 (94.8) | 15 (5.2) |
Renter | 197 (94.7) | 11 (5.3) |
Affordability of rent (n = 497) | ||
Yes | 121 (96.5) | 5 (4.0) |
No | 82 (94.3) | 5 (5.7) |
Not applicable | 269 (94.7) | 15 (5.3) |
Privacy (n = 500) | ||
Yes | 403 (97.3) | 11 (2.7) |
No | 71 (82.6) | 15 (17.4) |
Electricity (n = 500) | ||
Regular | 255 (94.8) | 14 (5.2) |
Irregular | 219 (94.8) | 12 (5.2) |
Primary water source (n = 500) | ||
Pipe/borehole | 318 (94.6) | 18 (5.4) |
Vended/stream/rainwater | 156 (95.1) | 8 (4.9) |
Refuse disposal system (n = 499) | ||
House to house by service provider | 195 (92.9) | 15 (7.1) |
Traditional methods/communal collection | 289 (96.2) | 4 (3.8) |
Type of sanitation facility (n = 496) | ||
Flush to septic tank | 288 (97.3) | 8 (2.7) |
Pan latrine | 102 (91.1) | 10 (8.9) |
Pit latrine/open defaecation | 77 (91.7) | 7 (8.3) |
KVIP*** | 3 (75.0) | 1 (25.0) |
Sanitary facility in the house (n = 500) | ||
Present | 333 (96.2) | 13 (3.8) |
Absent | 141 (91.6) | 13 (8.4) |
Sanitation facility shared (n = 500) | ||
Yes | 211 (92.5) | 17 (7.5) |
No | 263 (96.7) | 9 (3.3) |
Environmental sanitation | ||
Satisfactory | 321 (95.8) | 14 (4.2) |
Not satisfactory | 153 (92.7) | 12 (7.3) |