Skip to main content
. 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 6:

Percent change by variable in personal and kitchen 24-hour average BC (μ/m3) concentrations. Resulting values from two multivariable models, including random effects, one for personal exposure and one for kitchen concentration.

Personal Kitchen

Variable Percent Change in Geometric Mean (95% CI) p Percent Change in Geometric Mean (95% CI) p
Electricity 0.08 0.07
 Presence of electricity (Reference) (Reference)
 No electricity 91.4% (31%, 180%) 51.0% (−54%, 138%)

Kerosene (for lighting) 0.04 0.05
 Presence of kerosene (Reference) (Reference)
 No kerosene −30.6% (−51%, 2%) −30.7% (−52%, 1%)

Asset Index 0.75 0.74
 High (Reference) (Reference)
 Low 5.5% (−24%, 46%) 6.9% (−28%, 59%)

Stove Type <.001 <.001
 Justa (Reference) (Reference)
 Justa + Traditional −21.5% (−42%, 6%) −23.3% (−45%, 6%)
 Traditional 193.3% (123%, 286%) 351.5% (337%, 504%)

Income Source(s) 0.32 0.15
 Multiple sources (Reference) (Reference)
 Income only through agriculture 11.2% (−10%, 38%) 18.2% (−6%, 49%)

Kitchen Enclosure 0.85 0.03
 Fully enclosed (Reference) (Reference)
 Open 2.9% (−25%, 42%) −32.7% (−53%, 2%)

Kitchen Location 0.80 <.01
 Inside main living area (Reference) (Reference)
 Outside under veranda/porch 11.0% (−61%, 317%) 669.7% 143%, 2337%)
 Separate building −15.6% (−49%, 40%) −7.4% (48%, 65%)
 Separate room attached to house −18.0% (−50%, 33%) 3.6% (−41%, 80%)

Cooking Time 0.80 0.47
 0-14 hours/wk (Reference) (Reference)
 14-28 hours/wk 2.9% (−26%, 43%) −20.9% (−44%, 11%)
 28-42 hours/wk 9.3% (−25%, 58%) −10.3% (−39%, 33%)
 42-128 hours/wk −25.4% (−68%, 75%) −27.2% (−73%, 88%)

Stove Use Monitoring-Time ± 28°C <.01 0.21
 0-60% (Reference) (Reference)
 60-80% −19.5% (−46%, 1%) 17.7% (−8%, 51%)
 80-100% 20.4% (−13%, 67%) 35.8% (−4%, 93%)

Season <.001 0.03
 Dry (Reference) (Reference)
 Rainy 61.5% (35%, 93%) 23.5% (3%, 49%)

Education 0.62 0.18
 No school (Reference) (Reference)
 Compulsory schooling −17.1 (−52%, 45%) −44.9 (−72%, 8%)
 Greater than 6 years 7.6 (−55%, 158%) −26.6 (−73%, 110%)