From: Financial inclusion and households’ choice of solid waste disposal in Ghana
Variable | Collected | Burned by household | Public dump | Dumped indiscriminately | Level of significance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Financial inclusion | |||||
Yes | 29.31 | 18.36 | 45.97 | 6.36 | *** |
No | 12.07 | 20.84 | 50.49 | 16.61 | |
Sex | |||||
Male | 21.59 | 21.19 | 44.80 | 12.42 | *** |
Female | 21.98 | 15.98 | 54.25 | 7.79 | |
Educational qualification | |||||
None | 13.34 | 20.63 | 54.66 | 11.38 | *** |
Yes | 29.63 | 17.62 | 47.26 | 5.50 | |
Religion | |||||
No religion | 10.19 | 28.84 | 46.52 | 14.46 | *** |
Christian | 23.82 | 18.49 | 49.73 | 7.95 | |
Traditionalist/other | 4.13 | 40.68 | 18.66 | 36.52 | |
Islam | 20.57 | 15.30 | 47.24 | 16.90 | |
Region | |||||
Western | 6.89 | 10.90 | 76.15 | 6.06 | *** |
Central | 7.32 | 18.80 | 68.20 | 5.68 | |
Greater Accra | 65.49 | 14.17 | 17.62 | 2.72 | |
Volta | 5.73 | 39.72 | 31.68 | 22.86 | |
Eastern | 5.66 | 29.05 | 55.81 | 9.48 | |
Ashanti | 27.73 | 11.45 | 57.46 | 3.36 | |
Brong-Ahafo | 2.49 | 16.05 | 67.29 | 14.17 | |
Northern | 6.03 | 23.28 | 33.16 | 37.53 | |
Upper East | 8.07 | 52.59 | 7.07 | 32.27 | |
Upper West | 12.51 | 23.33 | 25.42 | 38.74 | |
Residence | |||||
Urban | 36.07 | 15.96 | 44.03 | 3.94 | *** |
Rural | 3.59 | 23.85 | 52.93 | 19.63 | |
Rent agreement | |||||
Owning | 13.50 | 24.61 | 45.28 | 16.61 | *** |
Renting | 35.73 | 14.24 | 45.12 | 4.91 | |
Rent free | 20.23 | 16.75 | 54.72 | 8.30 | |
Perching/squatting | 30.10 | 30.06 | 31.02 | 8.82 |