Table 1:
Kitchen characteristics of study homes in rural Honduras
| n* | Mean | SD | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitchen volume (m3) | 36 | 35.4 | 15.4 |
| Number of walls | 36 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| Number of windows | 36 | 1.1 | 0.7 |
| Number of doors | 36 | 1.6 | 0.7 |
| Number of people cooked for in past 24 hours | 47 | 5.5 | 2.5 |
| Number of times cooked in past 24 hours | 47 | 3.1 | 0.88 |
| n | % | ||
| Stove type | 47 | ||
| Traditional | 30 | 64% | |
| Justa (Improved) | 17 | 36% | |
| Wall material | 36 | ||
| Mud (adobe) | 13 | 36% | |
| Stuccoed adobe | 16 | 45% | |
| Wood/sticks | 4 | 11% | |
| Concrete | 3 | 8% | |
| Floor material | 36 | ||
| Dirt | 24 | 65% | |
| Concrete | 10 | 27% | |
| Ceramic tile | 3 | 8% | |
| Roof material | 36 | ||
| Sheet metal | 25 | 70% | |
| Tiles | 12 | 30% | |
| Use of secondary stove | 47 | ||
| Yes | 12 | 30% | |
| Number of Air Changes Per Hour** | 23 | 10.47 | 3.92 |
*
A total of 47 samples were collected in 36 unique households; 11 houses had repeated measurements and household characteristics remained the same
**
One of the real-time pDR samples could not be calculated for an air exchange per hour due to short decay rates less than 15 minutes