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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Dec 5.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2022 Jul 9;214(Pt 2):113869. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113869

Table 4:

Percent change by variable in personal and kitchen 24-hour geometric mean PM2.5 (μ/m3) concentrations. Resulting values from two mixed models, one for personal exposure and one for kitchen.

Personal, Kitchen

Variable Percent Change in Geometric Mean (95% CI) p Percent Change in Geometric Mean (95% CI) p
Electricity .02 0.03
 Presence of electricity (Reference) (Reference)
 No electricity 26.8% (3%, 44%) 37.1% (3%, 83%)

Kerosene (for lighting) 0.64 0.99
 Presence of kerosene (Reference) (Reference)
 No kerosene −4.45% (−20%, 15%) 0% (−21%, 27%)

Asset Index 0.28 0.97
 High (Reference) (Reference)
 Low 10.0% (−8%, 31%) −0.4 (−22%, 28%)

Stove Type <.001 <.001
 Justa (Reference) (Reference)
 Justa + Traditional 13.3% (−3%, 33%) −2.6% (−21%, 19%)
 Traditional 107% (79%, 139%) 212% (160%, 275%)

Income Source(s) 0.90 0.27
 Multiple sources (Reference) (Reference)
 Income only through agriculture −0.9% (−12%, 11%) 8.4% (−6%, 25%)

Kitchen Enclosure 0.88 0.04
 Fully enclosed (Reference) (Reference)
 Open −1.2% (−17%, 17%) −21.3% (−37%, 1%)

Kitchen Location 0.38 <.01
 Inside main living area (Reference) (Reference)
 Outside under veranda/porch −4.6% (−45%, 66%) 183% (34%, 496%)
 Separate building −19.8% (−32%, 5%) −16.6% (−38%, 20%)
 Separate room attached to house −18.6% (−27%, 6%) −11.4% (−37%, 26%)

Cooking Time 0.41 0.38
 0-14 hours/wk (Reference) (Reference)
 15-28 hours/wk 15.1% (3%, 37%) −17.2% (−33%, 3%)
 29-42 hours/wk 16.4% (−4%, 42%) −16.0% (−44%, 8%)
 43-128 hours/wk 8.1% (−31%, 69%) −7.9% (−49%, 68%)

Stove Use Monitoring- % of stove use time > 28 °C <.001 <.01
 0-60% (Reference) (Reference)
 60-80% −14.6% (−24%, −4%) −3.4% (−17%, 13%)
 80-100% 18.9% (0%, 41%) 30.8% (5%, 63%)

Season <.01 0.03
 Dry (Reference) (Reference)
 Rainy −14.2% (−23%, −6%) −12.2 (−22%, 0%)

Education 0.44 0.24
 No school (Reference) (Reference)
 Compulsory schooling −17.5 (−39%, 12%) −27.7% (−53%, 11%)
 Greater than 6 years −15.4 (−53%, 36%) −9.7(−54%, 76%)