Table 6 Distribution of main reasons of choice per main cooking fuel types in the Dschang Health District
From: Distribution of sources of household air pollution: a cross-sectional study in Cameroon
Firewood [n (%)] | Gas [n (%)] | Charcoal [n (%)] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reasons | U | R | T | P value | U | R | T | P value | U | R | T | P value |
Affordability | 118 (61.8) | 373 (64.5) | 491 (63.9) | < 0.0005 | 52 (36.4) | 37 (53.6) | 89 (42.0) | 0.08 | 16 (48.5) | 4 (66.7) | 20 (51.3) | 0.05 |
Culture | 8 (4.2) | 40 (6.9) | 48 (6.2) | 4 (2.8) | 3 (4.4) | 7 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
Rapidity | 22 (11.5) | 28 (4.8) | 50 (6.5) | 36 (25.2) | 9 (13.0) | 45 (21.2) | 5 (15.2) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (12.8) | |||
Cleanliness | 5 (2.6) | 3(0.5) | 8 (1.0) | 8 (5.6) | 2 (2.9) | 10 (4.7) | 4 (12.1) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (10.3) | |||
Easy to use | 12 (6.3) | 13 (2.2) | 25 (3.2) | 25 (17.5) | 6 (8.7) | 31 (14.6) | 7 (21.2) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (17.9) | |||
Availability | 24 (12.6) | 120 (20.8) | 144 (18.7) | 15 (10.5) | 11 (15.9) | 26 (12.3) | 1 (3.0) | 2 (33.3) | 3 (7.7) | |||
Other reason | 2 (1.1) | 1 (0.2) | 3 (0.4) | 3 (2.1) | 1 (1.4) | 4 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||