Table 2 Cooking characteristics among households in Mugunu slum, Fort Portal City, Uganda
Variable | Category | Frequency N = 374 (%) |
|---|---|---|
The main type of cooking fuel | Charcoal | 332 (88.77) |
Electricity | 1 (0.27) | |
Kerosene | 3 (0.80) | |
LPG/cylinder gas | 2 (0.53) | |
Straw/shrubs/grass | 3 (0.80) | |
Wood | 33 (8.82) | |
Affordability of fuel | Affordable | 194 (51.87) |
Not affordable | 107 (28.61) | |
Very Affordable | 73 (19.52) | |
Separate room as a kitchen | Yes | 137 (36.63) |
No | 237 (63.37) | |
Location of cooking area | Inside the house | 60 (16.04) |
Outdoors | 194 (51.87) | |
Separate building | 120 (32.09) | |
Location of kitchen windows | Not close to the main entrance door | 278 (74.33) |
Close to the main entrance door | 96 (25.67) | |
Fuel storage area | Inside the house | 164 (43.85) |
Outdoors | 73 (19.52) | |
Separate building | 137 (36.63) | |
Adequacy of cooking area ventilation | Not adequate | 149 (39.84) |
Adequate | 225 (60.16) | |
Traditional cook stove | Yes | 311 (83.16) |
No | 63 (16.84) | |
State of repair of the traditional stove (n = 311) | Good | 260 (83.60) |
Not good | 51 (16.40) | |
Improved cook stove | Yes | 92 (24.60) |
No | 282 (75.40) | |
State of repair of Improved cook stove (n = 92) | Good | 83 (90.22) |
Not good | 9 (9.78) | |
Fuel biomass storage area protected from water ((n = 368) | Yes | 236 (64.13) |
No | 132 (35.87) | |
Fuel biomass damp (n = 368) | No | 211 (57.34) |
Yes | 157 (42.66) |