Table 2. Baseline characteristics of homes.

Note that during follow-up testing the primary lighting source changed as follows: open wick kerosene lamp (29.5%), hurricane lamp (35.2%), battery-powered light (18.2%), and solar lighting (9.1%).

Characteristic
Homes, n	88
Kitchen location, n (%)
Outdoors	5 (5.7%)
Structure attached to house	3 (3.4%)
Structure separate from house	79 (89.8%)
Inside house	1 (1.1%)
Distance between kitchen and house, meters	6.2 ± 11.1
Primary fuel for cooking, n (%)
Firewood	87 (98.9%)
Charcoal	1 (1.1%)
Kitchen with chimney, n (%)	5 (5.7%)
Kitchen roof composition, n (%)
Iron or tin	64 (70.5%)
Grass, banana fibers, leaves	19 (21.6%)
Other	5 (5.7%)
Secondary stove used inside house, n (%)	7 (8.0%)
Primary lighting source, n (%)
Solar lamp or light	1 (1.1%)
Battery powered light	29 (33.0%)
Covered kerosene lamp	40 (45.5%)
Traditional kerosene lamp (“tadooba”)	17 (19.3%)