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. 2023 Nov 28;9(12):e22446. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22446

Table 11.

Socioeconomic factors that affect the quantity of solid waste generated.

Types Range Frequency
Total Percentages
Ward1 Ward
2
Ward5 Ward9 Ward11 Ward
16
Ward 17 Ward 21 Ward 24
Religion Muslim 70 67 65 67 72 69 69 68 66 613 90.81
Hindu 5 8 10 8 3 6 6 7 9 62 9.19
Total 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 675 100.00
Family Members Less than 4 29 31 24 26 28 27 28 25 26 244 36.14
Between 4 and 6 31 33 38 37 32 44 32 37 37 321 47.56
More than 6 15 11 13 12 15 4 15 13 12 110 16.30
Total 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 675 100.00
Age of the respondent >25 5 6 6 5 4 3 5 4 5 43 6.37
26–35 33 29 27 25 34 27 32 24 25 256 37.93
36–45 16 17 15 19 15 23 17 21 19 162 24.00
46–55 9 8 9 8 10 11 9 8 8 80 11.85
56–65 7 8 10 10 6 8 7 10 10 76 11.26
65–75 2 3 5 5 3 2 2 5 5 32 4.74
>75 3 4 3 3 3 1 3 3 3 26 3.85
Total 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 675 100.00
Education Level of the respondent Primary 26 27 25 20 16 13 26 20 20 193 28.59
Secondary 23 21 22 22 21 21 23 22 22 197 29.19
Higher Secondary 14 16 16 17 21 24 14 17 18 157 23.26
Higher Education 12 11 12 16 17 17 12 16 15 128 18.96
Total 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 675 100.00
Family employment (Person/HH) One 56 52 55 46 48 44 47 50 49 447 66.22
Two 10 13 14 18 15 21 21 18 17 147 21.78
More than two 9 10 6 11 12 10 7 7 9 81 12.00
Total 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 675 100.00