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Table 1 Percentage of child/household characteristics and community characteristics according to use of cooking fuel in round 1, round 2 and pooled data

From: Impact of indoor air pollution from the use of solid fuels on the incidence of life threatening respiratory illnesses in children in India

 

Round 1

Round 2

Pooled

 

Total

Cleaner

Solid

Total

Cleaner

Solid

Total

Cleaner

Solid

Child/household characteristics

         

Prob. of serious respiratory related illnesses

16.6

10.9

18.4

15.9

9.0

18.5

16.2

9.9

18.5

Prob. of being malnourished

27.2

16.3

30.8

36.1

21.2

41.7

31.6

18.8

36.1

Prob. of lowest birth weight quarter

44.0

35.6

49.9

      

Boy

53.8

52.8

54.1

53.3

52.6

53.5

53.5

52.7

53.8

Age of child (in months)

11.8

11.7

11.9

64.3

64.1

64.3

37.6

38.9

37.2

Mother's schooling

         

0-4 years

62.2

23.4

74.9

61.6

24.0

75.5

61.9

23.7

75.3

5-9 years

22.4

32.1

19.2

21.9

30.5

18.6

22.1

31.3

18.9

9+ years

15.5

44.6

5.9

16.6

45.5

5.7

16.0

45.1

5.8

Wealth index

         

Poorest

20.2

0.8

26.6

20.0

0.4

27.4

20.1

0.6

27.0

Poor

19.8

3.6

25.1

20.1

2.4

26.7

19.9

3.0

25.9

Middle

20.1

6.9

24.5

20.0

5.2

25.5

20.1

6.0

25.0

Rich

19.8

23.0

18.8

20.0

28.3

16.9

19.9

25.7

17.9

Richest

20.0

65.7

5.0

20.0

63.7

3.5

20.0

64.7

4.3

Schooling of household’s head

         

0-4 years

60.6

26.4

71.8

52.5

19.7

64.8

56.6

23.0

68.4

5-9 years

19.3

27.0

16.8

23.9

24.6

23.6

21.6

25.8

20.1

9+ years

20.1

46.6

11.5

23.7

55.6

11.7

21.9

51.3

11.6

Other women in the household

52.7

46.0

54.9

66.6

60.3

69.0

59.6

53.4

61.7

Wall permeability

19.9

5.0

24.8

12.4

7.1

14.4

16.2

6.1

19.8

Roof permeability

56.3

41.5

61.2

46.7

39.0

49.6

51.6

40.2

55.6

Prob. of income shock

5.1

2.8

5.8

1.2

1.7

1.0

3.2

2.2

3.5

Crowding

         

<3 persons per room

32.5

47.6

27.6

49.3

68.5

42.0

40.8

58.5

34.6

> = 3 persons per room

67.5

52.4

72.4

50.7

31.5

58.0

59.2

41.5

65.4

Community characteristics

Place of Residence

Rural

74.9

22.2

92.2

74.4

24.5

93.2

74.7

23.4

7.3

Urban

25.1

77.8

7.9

25.6

75.5

6.8

25.4

76.6

92.7

Inland plane

60.8

57.5

61.9

58.3

52.4

60.5

59.6

54.9

61.2

% of households in the community (excluding the child’s household) using solid fuel

75.0

32.5

89.4

72.6

33.0

87.5

74.0

32.8

88.5

Community female education level

38.4

60.3

31.2

50.2

61.8

45.8

44.2

61.1

38.3

Outdoor air pollution

10.0

19.4

6.8

23.0

47.4

13.8

16.3

33.9

10.2

Number of observations

2011

496 (25%)

1515 (75%)

1950

534 (27%)

1416 (73%)

3961

1030 (26%)

2931 (74%)