Research Article
Comparative Analysis of Households Solid Waste Management in Rural and Urban Ghana
Table 3
Results of Chi square test for demographic and socioeconomic characteristics and location of respondents.
| | Variable | Category | Urban community
(%) | Rural community
(%) | Total
(%) | value |
| | Sex | Male
Female
Total | 135 (62.5)
81 (37.5)
216 (100.0) | 108 (58.7)
76 (41.3)
184 (100.0) | 243 (60.8)
157 (39.2)
400 (100.0) | 0.052 |
| | Age | ≤20
20–29
30–39
40–49
50–59
Total | 0 (0.0)
71 (32.1)
63 (29.2)
80 (37.0)
2 (0.9)
216 (100.0) | 17 (9.2)
0 (0.0)
8 (4.3)
68 (37.0)
91 (49.5)
184 (100.0) | 17 (4.3)
71 (17.8)
71 (17.8)
148 (37.0)
93 (23.3)
400 (100.0) | 0.000 |
| | Education level | Not attending school
Basic education
Secondary education
Tertiary education
Total | 3 (1.4)
15 (7.0)
27 (12.5)
171 (79.2)
216 (100.0) | 27 (14.7)
112 (60.9)
19 (10.3)
26 (14.1)
184 (100.0) | 30 (7.5)
127 (31.8)
46 (11.5)
197 (49.2)
400 (100.0) | 0.000 |
| | Household size | ≤3
3–5
≥5
Total | 83 (38.4)
93 (41.3)
40 (20.3)
216 (100.0) | 33 (18.0)
78 (42.4)
73 (39.6)
184 (100.0) | 116 (29.0)
171 (42.8)
113 (28.2)
400 (100.0) | 0.037 |
| | Marital status | Single
Married
Total | 63 (29.2)
153 (70.8)
216 (100.0) | 93 (50.5)
91 (49.5)
184 (100.0) | 156 (39.0)
244 (61.0)
400 (100.0) | 0.000 |
| | Religion | Christianity
Islamic
Others
Total | 207 (95.8)
9 (4.2)
0 (0.0)
216 (100.0) | 104 (56.5)
78 (42.4)
2 (1.1)
184 (100.0) | 311 (77.8)
87 (21.8)
2 (0.4)
400 (100.0) | 0.054 |
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Source: authors’ survey, 2015.
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