Table 2 Main cooking quarter characteristics of study households in Northwest Ethiopia, May 2018
Socio demographic characteristic | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Location of main cooking quarter | ||
Inside the living house | 2145 | 36.8 |
Separate kitchen | 3685 | 63.2 |
“Injera” baking stove type | ||
Traditional biomass stove | 5508 | 94.5 |
Improved biomass stove | 322 | 5.5 |
Cookstove type | ||
Traditional stove | 5371 | 92.1 |
Improved stove | 459 | 7.9 |
Cooking fuel type | ||
Wood/shrub/straw | 4662 | 80.0 |
Cow dung | 328 | 5.6 |
Charcoal | 840 | 14.4 |
Type of lamp for household lighting | ||
Electric/Solar | 3760 | 64.5 |
“Masho”/Candle/ “Fanos” | 1009 | 17.3 |
“Kuraz” | 979 | 16.8 |
Wood | 82 | 1.4 |
Extra indoor burning event | ||
Yes | 5583 | 95.8 |
No | 247 | 4.2 |
Type of extra indoor burning event | ||
Coffee ceremony & incense burning | 4166 | 74.6 |
Local alcohol/“areqi” making | 1417 | 25.4 |
Outdoor burning event | ||
Yes | 2224 | 38.1 |
No | 3606 | 61.9 |
Type of outdoor burning event | ||
Burning rubbish | 881 | 15.1 |
Charcoal production | 549 | 9.4 |
local alcohol/” areqi” making | 601 | 10.3 |
Cooking for business | 193 | 3.3 |
Secondary smoking | ||
Yes | 104 | 1.8 |
No | 5726 | 98.2 |