Table 3.

‘Any heat-health effects’ reportedly experienced by an individual in a household by household living conditions and characteristics of their dwelling

			Odds of an individual in the household reporting ‘any heat-health effects’
Variable	Number of individuals (N=580) (n)	Percentage of individuals (%)	Crude Odds ratio	95% Confidence Interval	p-value
Housing tenure
Own*	375	64.7			0.01
Rent	132	22.8	0.59	0.40 - 0.89
Air conditioning in dwelling
Yes*	38	6.6
No	478	82.4	1.02	0.52 - 1.97	0.05
Type of house
Detached house (single)*	191	32.9
Mud house	10	1.7	1.48	0.37 - 5.89	0.58
Townhouse	55	9.4	1.30	0.68 - 2.45	0.40
Flat / apartment	110	19.0	0.39	0.24 - 0.63	0.00
RDP-type house	92	15.9	2.01	1.15 - 3.52	0.01
Mobile house	22	3.7	0.36	0.14 - 0.90	0.03
Shack	32	5.5	0.60	0.20 - 0.93	0.03
Type of roofing
Tiles*	143	40.5
Thatch	7	1.21	0.12	0.01 - 0.90	0.04
Asphalt shingles	9	1.6	0.18	0.04 - 0.90	0.04
Asbestos sheets	76	13.1	1.04	0.61 - 1.77	0.89
Corrugated iron sheets	155	26.7	0.74	0.49 -1.12	0.15
Electricity in the house
Yes*	533	92.0
No	43	7.4	1.20	0.63 - 2.26	0.58
Separate room inside house for cooking
Yes*	533	91.9
No	43	7.4	0.72	0.47 - 1.12	0.15
Fuel used for cooking
Electricity*	547	94.3
Gas	9	1.6	2.72	0.56 - 13.19	0.21
Paraffin	10	1.7	0.78	0.22 -2.71	0.69
Combination of fuels	3	0.5	1.00	-	-
Firewood	9	1.6	0.22	0.04 -1.08	0.06
Coal	2	0.3	1.00	-	-
Fuel used for lighting
Electricity*	543	93.6
Liquid Petroleum Gas	0	0.0	-	-	-
Paraffin	21	3.6	1.56	0.62 - 3.92	0.35
Combination of fuels	0	0.0	-	-	-
Candles	9	1.6	0.22	0.05 -1.08	0.06
Piped water in the house
Yes*	481	82.9
No	70	12.0	0.90	0.55 -1.50	0.70
Toilet inside the house/yard
Yes*	551	95.0
No	19	3.2	1.14	0.46 - 2.85	0.78

Note: *indicates the reference category