Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents
From: Financial inclusion and households’ choice of solid waste disposal in Ghana
Variable | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Method of solid waste disposal | |||
Collected | 21.72 | ||
Burned by household | 19.45 | ||
Public dump | 47.96 | ||
Dumped indiscriminately | 10.87 | ||
Financial inclusion | |||
Yes | 55.99 | ||
No | 44.01 | ||
Sex | |||
Male | 66.62 | ||
Female | 33.38 | ||
Educational qualification | |||
None | 30.25 | ||
Yes | 69.75 | ||
Religion | |||
No religion | 6.13 | ||
Christian | 74.10 | ||
Traditionalist/other | 3.74 | ||
Islam | 16.03 | ||
Region | |||
Western | 10.32 | ||
Central | 8.33 | ||
Greater Accra | 18.14 | ||
Volta | 7.50 | ||
Eastern | 11.75 | ||
Ashanti | 22.76 | ||
Brong-Ahafo | 9.29 | ||
Northern | 6.57 | ||
Upper East | 3.11 | ||
Upper West | 2.23 | ||
Residence | |||
Urban | 56.02 | ||
Rural | 43.98 | ||
Rent agreement | |||
Owning | 42.16 | ||
Renting | 27.56 | ||
Rent free | 29.72 | ||
Perching/squatting | 0.56 | ||
Mean | Min | Max | |
Income (in Ghana Cedis) | 3670.29 | 0 | 216,000 |
Age (in years) | 46.24 | 15 | 99 |
Household size | 4.20 | 1 | 28 |