Comparative Analysis of Households Solid Waste Management in Rural and Urban Ghana

Table 4

Chi square test for solid waste situation and location.

Variable	Category	Urban communities	Rural communities	Total	value
Sources	Institutional; Industrial; Commercial; Domestic; Total	19 (8.8); 16 (7.4); 80 (37.0); 101 (46.8); 216 (100.0)	0 (0.0); 0 (0.0); 14 (7.6); 170 (92.4); 184 (100.0)	19 (4.8); 16 (4.0); 94 (23.5); 271 (67.8); 400 (100.0)	0.000
Composition	Putrescible; Paper; Plastic; Metal; Inert waste; Textile and leather; Total	109 (50.5); 26 (12.0); 62 (28.7); 11 (5.1); 8 (3.7); 0 (0.0); 216 (100.0)	117 (63.6); 0 (0.0); 67 (36.4); 0 (0.0); 0 (0.0); 0 (0.0); 184 (100.0)	226 (56.5); 26 (6.5); 129 (32.2); 11 (2.8); 8 (2.0); 0 (0.0); 400 (100.0)	0.000
Means of solid waste storage	Open container; Closed container; Polythene bags or sacks; Total	21 (9.7); 174 (80.6); 21 (9.7); 216 (100.0)	113 (61.4); 52 (28.3); 19 (10.3); 184 (100.0)	134 (33.5); 226 (56.5); 40 (10.0)	0.000
Means of waste collection	Open dumping; Communal container; Home collection; Roadside collection; Total	61 (28.2); 81 (37.5); 17 (7.9); 57 (26.4); 216 (100.0)	144 (78.3); 40 (21.7); 0 (0.0); 0 (0.0); 184 (100.0)	205 (51.2); 97 (24.2); 17 (4.2); 81 (20.2); 400 (100.0)	0.000

Source: field survey, 2015.