Domestic waste disposal practice and perceptions of private sector waste management in urban Accra

BMC Public Health

Table 5 Perceptions of households toward solid waste management (n = 364)

Variables	Frequency	Percent
Do you think waste management is important
It is important	261	71.7
It is not important	72	19.8
Do not know whether it is important	31	8.5
Responsibility to clean
Children	305	83.8
Community members	35	9.6
District assembly	22	6.0
Private operators	2	0.5
Disease/illness*
Cause a disease	303	83.2
Do not cause a disease	56	15.4
Do not know if it cause a disease	5	1.4
Kinds of disease/illness*
Malaria	171	56.4
Diarrhoea	74	24.4
Typhoid	38	12.5
Others	20	6.6
Do you educate your household
Do education	195	53.6
Do not do education	169	46.4
Motivation to dispose your waste^
Cleanliness	203	55.8
Fear of illness	187	51.4
Smell/odour	31	8.5

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