Table 3.
Descriptive and bivariate analyses of association between container categories (functional) and socioeconomic/infrastructural variables (N = 163), Dhaka, 2011
| Socioeconomic/infrastructural variable | Total pupae-positive containers (N = 163) n (%) | Containers category based on functional types [n (%)] |
P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Household chores (A), N = 73 | Ornamental (B) N = 20 | Amenities (C) N = 22 | Discarded (D) N = 37 | Repairing and reconstruction (E) N = 11 | |||
| Educational status (household head) | |||||||
| Primary | 73 (44.78) | 27 (36.98) | 10 (50.00) | 10 (45.45) | 21 (56.76) | 5 (45.45) | 0.575 |
| Secondary | 57 (34.97) | 26 (35.62) | 6 (30.00) | 9 (40.91) | 11 (29.73) | 5 (45.45) | |
| Graduate | 33 (20.25) | 20 (27.40) | 4 (20.00) | 3 (13.64) | 5 (13.51) | 1 (9.10) | |
| Occupation (household head) | |||||||
| Housewife/unemployed | 54 (33.13) | 27 (36.98) | 7 (35.00) | 3 (13.64) | 12 (32.43) | 5 (45.46) | 0.47 |
| Business | 43 (26.38) | 18 (24.66) | 3 (15.00) | 9 (40.91) | 10 (27.03) | 3 (27.27) | |
| Service | 66 (40.49) | 28 (38.36) | 10 (50.00) | 10 (45.45) | 15 (40.54) | 3 (27.27) | |
| Income (annual household) (in Taka)† | |||||||
| Low (< 30K) | 51 (32.08) | 34 (46.57) | 6 (30.00) | 5 (22.73) | 5 (15.15) | 1 (9.09) | 0.0481* |
| Medium (30–70K) | 54 (33.96) | 22 (30.14) | 6 (30.00) | 9 (40.91) | 15 (45.45) | 2 (18.18) | |
| High (> 70K) | 54 (33.96) | 17 (23.29) | 8 (40.00) | 8 (36.36) | 13 (39.40) | 8 (72.73) | |
| Water supply (provisions to household) | |||||||
| Piped water | 123 (75.46) | 53 (72.60) | 16 (80.00) | 16 (72.73) | 28 (75.68) | 10 (90.91) | 0.79 |
| Tube wells and others | 40 (24.54) | 20 (27.40) | 4 (20.00) | 6 (27.27) | 9 (24.32) | 1 (9.09) | |
| Waste disposal | |||||||
| Municipal/private pick up | 143 (87.73) | 62 (84.93) | 18 (90.00) | 19 (86.36) | 34 (91.89) | 10 (90.91) | 0.899 |
| Open disposal | 20 (12.27) | 11 (15.07) | 2 (10.00) | 3 (13.64) | 3 (8.11) | 1 (9.09) | |
| Purpose of storing water in household | |||||||
| Drinking and cooking | 70 (42.94) | 42 (57.53) | 6 (30.00) | 7 (31.82) | 11 (29.73) | 4 (36.36) | 0.0187* |
| Cleaning, washing, showers | 93 (57.06) | 31 (42.47) | 14 (70.00) | 15 (68.18) | 26 (70.27) | 7 (63.4) | |
*
Significant at P < 0.05 level.
†
Collapsed six income categories into three categories for valid statistical analysis. Gross annual household income was considered appropriate because income status of households not only depends on the number of wage earners but also on type of occupation and possession of income-generating assets. Information on income was not available (i.e., nonresponse) from four of the households surveyed.