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Table 2 Bivariate analysis of solid waste disposal methods and categorical independent variables

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

  1. Source: Authors’ computation from GLSS7
  2. ***p < 0.01; Row percentages are used; Total percentages are rounded as 100