A Perspective Analysis of Dams and Water Quality: The Bui Power Project on the Black Volta, Ghana
Table 1
Respondent demographic data stratified by location in the Banda and Bole Districts of Ghana.
Variables
% total (200)
% far from the dam communities (100)
% near to the dam communities (100)
value
Odds ratio (OR)
Age
Less than 20
10 (5.0)
3 (3.0)
7 (7.0)
0.194
0.41
20–25
50 (15.0)
19 (19.0)
31 (31.0)
0.05
0.522
26–30
52 (16.0)
20 (20.0)
32 (32.0)
0.053
0.37
36–40
39 (19.5)
15 (15.0)
24 (24.0)
0.108
0.558
46–50
17 (8.5)
8 (8.0)
9 (9.0)
0.7998
0.879
Over 50
32 (16.0)
12 (12.0)
20 (2.0)
0.1228
0.546
Sex
Male
80 (40.0)
43 (43.0)
48 (48.0)
0.04777
0.8173
Female
120 (60.0)
52 (52.0)
57 (57.0)
0.4777
1.224
Marital status
Married
110 (55.0)
43 (43.0)
67 (67.0)
0.0006
0.37
Single
56 (28.0)
19 (19.0)
37 (37.0)
0.0046
0.399
Divorce
20 (10.0)
9 (9.0)
11 (11.0)
0.637
0.8
Separated
4 (2.0)
1 (1.0)
3 (3.0)
0.312
0.33
Widowed
10 (5.0)
5 (5.0)
5 (5.0)
1
1
Educational level
Primary
72 (36.0)
25 (25.0)
47 (47)
0.0012
0.38
JHS
52 (26.0)
21 (21.0)
31 (31.0)
0.106
0.59
SHS
16 (8.0)
5 (5.0)
11 (11.0)
0.118
0.43
Tertiary
6 (3.0)
2 (2.0)
4 (4.0)
0.41
0.49
Never
56 (28.0)
23 (23.0)
33 (33.0)
0.115
0.6
Occupation
Farmer
20 (10.0)
16 (16.0)
4 (4.0)
0.005
4.57
Fisherman
114 (57.0)
49 (49.0)
65 (65.0)
0.022
0.52
Apprentice
4 (2.0)
2 (2.0)
2 (2.0)
1
1
Trading
36 (18.0)
11 (11.0)
25 (25.0)
0.01
0.37
Government worker
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0
0
Galamsey operator
10 (5.0)
8 (8)
2 (2.0)
0.05
4.3
Unemployed
16 (8.0)
12 (12.0)
4 (4.0)
0.04
3.27
OR refers to odds ratio; value refers to level of significance. The “far from the dam” communities were Agblekame North and Agblekame South, while “near to the dam” communities were Gyama Nsuo-ano and Bongase nsuo-ano.
