Practices, Concerns, and Willingness to Participate in Solid Waste Management in Two Urban Slums in Central Uganda

Table 3

Crude odds ratios for the predictors of willingness to participate in composting and waste separation.

Characteristic	Category	Composting ()		⁢Separation of wastes ()
		COR (95% CI)	value	COR (95% CI)	value
Sex	Male	1		1
	Female	1.03 (0.63–1.67)	0.907	1.57 (0.91–2.70)	0.102
Age	Less than 30 years	1		1
	Above 30 years	0.82 (0.56–1.21)	0.324	0.86 (0.54–1.36)	0.521
Marital status	Others^1	1		1
	Married	1.84 (1.24–2.74)		1.07 (0.67–1.72)	0.756
Education level	Primary and less	1		1
	Secondary and above	1.23 (0.84–1.82)	0.279	0.97 (0.61–1.54)	0.895
Region of origin	Central	1		1
	Others^2	1.39 (0.95–2.06)	0.093	0.80 (0.51–1.25)	0.325
Members of household	1 to 4	1		1
	Above 4	1.22 (0.82–1.81)	0.332	1.52 (0.94–2.49)	0.090

Statistically significant .
Others¹ include single, divorced, and widowed.
Other² includes non-Ugandans, Kampala (the capital city).