Research Article
Status of Household Solid Waste Management and Associated Factors in a Slum Community in Kampala, Uganda
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of participants.
| Characteristics | Frequency (n = 395) | Percentage (%) |
| Sex | | | Female | 300 | 75.9 | Male | 95 | 24.1 |
| Age in years [mean (±SD)] | 30.0 (±10.8) | | 14–29 | 250 | 63.5 | 30–45 | 104 | 26.4 | 46 and above | 40 | 10.1 |
| Education level | | | None | 27 | 6.8 | Primary | 86 | 21.8 | Secondary | 174 | 44.1 | Tertiary | 108 | 27.3 |
| Marital status | | | Single | 84 | 21.3 | Married | 256 | 64.8 | Widowed/separated/divorced | 55 | 13.9 |
| Religion | | | Christian | 306 | 77.5 | Muslim | 89 | 22.5 | Occupation | | | Business | 178 | 45.1 | Casual labour | 57 | 14.4 | Formal employment | 72 | 18.2 | Student | 41 | 10.4 | Others | 47 | 11.9 |
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