Table 4 Associations between respondents’ practices, related health outcomes and waste management practice
Waste management practice | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Attributes | Yes; n (%) | No; n (%) | P-value |
Type of waste generated in households | |||
 Organic waste | 68 (26.6) | 188 (73.4) | .001 |
 Inorganic waste | 115 (47.7) | 126 (52.3) |  |
 Organic and in organic waste | 21 (10.3) | 182 (89.7) |  |
Type of receptacle used in the house | |||
 In-door open dumping | 54 (40.9) | 78 (59.1) | .001 |
 Out-door open dumping | 51 (31.1) | 113 (68.9) |  |
 Open container | 204 (29.1) | 496 (70.9) |  |
Practice of recycling | |||
 Yes | 81 (85.3) | 14 (14.7) | .001 |
 No | 123 (20.3) | 482 (79.7) |  |
Persons responsible for solid waste | |||
 Individuals | 125 (27.1) | 336 (72.9) | .001 |
 The municipal assembly | 60 (58.3) | 43 (41.7) |  |
 Private agencies | 4 (16.7) | 20 (83.3) |  |
 Not available | 15 (13.4) | 97 (86.6) |  |
Rating charges for waste collection | Â | Â | Â |
 Expensive | 31 (25.4) | 91 (74.6) | .005 |
 Moderate | 163 (32.1) | 345 (67.9) |  |
 No charges | 10 (14.3) | 60 (85.7) |  |
Frequency of people reporting sick in the municipality | |||
 Often | 107 (34.7) | 201 (65.3) | .004 |
 Not at all | 97 (24.7) | 295 (75.3) |  |
Common diseases occurring in the community | |||
 Malaria | 77 (24.5) | 237 (75.5) | .001 |
 Diarrhea | 36 (32.4) | 75 (67.6) |  |
 Cholera | 49 (42.2) | 67 (57.8) |  |
 Typhoid | 11 (55) | 9 (45) |  |
 Other diseases | 31 (22.3) | 108 (77.7) |  |
If dump site, is it easily accessible | |||
 Yes | 167 (33.1) | 338 (66.9) | .001 |
 No | 37 (19) | 158 (81) |  |
Type of refuse dump in the Municipality | |||
 Surface dump at the outskirts of town | 159 (36.1) | 281 (63.9) | .001 |
 Community container | 24 (15.7) | 129 (84.3) |  |
 No dumping site | 21 (19.6) | 86 (80.4) |  |
Frequency of visiting dump sites | |||
 Daily | 76 (37.3) | 128 (62.7) | .001 |
 Weekly | 122 (28.1) | 312 (71.9) |  |
 When container is full | 4 (11.4) | 31 (88.6) |  |
 Monthly | 2 (7.4) | 25 (92.6) |  |
Distance to dumpsites | |||
 Too far(above 250 m) | 49 (39.2) | 76 (60.8) | .001 |
 Far(200-250 m) | 108 (34.5) | 205 (65.5) |  |
 Close(100-149 m) | 47 (17.9) | 215 (82.1) |  |