Table 3 Associations between background attributes of respondents and Waste management practice
Waste management practice | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Attributes | Yes; n (%) | No; n (%) | P-value |
Gender of respondent | |||
 Male | 133 (35.6) | 241 (64.4) | .001 |
 Female | 71 (21.8) | 255 (78.2) |  |
Age (in years) | |||
 Below 30 years | 444 (31.7) | 95 (68.3) | .020 |
 Age 31–40 | 54 (27.3) | 144 (72.7) |  |
 Age 41–50 | 60 (33.9) | 117 (66.1) |  |
 Age 51–60 | 33 (33) | 67 (67) |  |
 Above age 60 | 13 (15.1) | 73 (84.9) |  |
Religious affiliation | |||
 Christian | 131 (27.8) | 340 (72.2) | .087 |
 Muslim | 54 (28.7) | 134 (71.3) |  |
 Traditionalist | 18 (47.4) | 20 (52.6) |  |
 Other religions | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) |  |
Current employment status | |||
 Employed | 154 (29.7) | 364 (70.3) | .564 |
 Unemployed | 50 (27.5) | 132 (72.5) |  |
Income level | |||
 High(above_500_gh_cedis) | 81 (25.1) | 242 (74.9) |  |
 Average(200-500_gh_cedis) | 66 (36.9) | 113 (63.1) |  |
 Low(below_200_gh_cedis) | 49 (34.8) | 92 (65.2) | .141 |
 No income | 8 (14) | 49 (86) |  |
Marital status | |||
 Married | 103 (27.2) | 276 (72.8) | .214 |
 Not married | 101 (31.5) | 220 (68.5) |  |
Level of education | |||
 Educated | 196 (30) | 458 (70) | .070 |
 Not educated | 8 (17.4) | 38 (82.6) |  |
Household size | |||
 1–3 | 92 (35.4) | 168 (64.6) | .002 |
 4–6 | 90 (28.5) | 226 (71.5) |  |
 7+ | 22 (17.7) | 102 (82.3) |  |