Table 1.

variables influencing the environment of the Sudanese sugar factories and their descriptions

Variable	Description	Type
Wastewater creates off-odor	Agree = 1, disagree = 2, and neutral = 3	Nominal
Wastewater creates mosquito
Wastewater mixes with a water source
*People’s health (i.e., malaria)
Particulates contaminate the air
Particulates pollute the flour and clothes
Invisibility due to smoke clouds
*Health risks to human	Stomach ache = 1, vomiting = 2, diarrhea = 3, and other = 4	Nominal
*The infection (eye disease, heart attack, respiratory disease, asthma, chronic bronchitis, and irregular heartbeat)	Yes = 1 and no = 2	Ordinal (binary)
*Disease cases among the animals
*Death cases among the animals
*Risk to crop
*People complain	High = 1, medium = 2, low = 3, and no complain = 4	Ordinal

^*Dependent variable