Table 5.
Perceptions of LPG in seven categories across the whole sample, and according to level of LPG use.
| Perception | Total Sample ** | No LPG (n = 913) |
Some LPG (n = 1956) |
Exclusive LPG (n = 473) |
p Value * | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | ||
| Speed of cooking | (n = 2903) | (n = 496) | (n = 1936) | (n = 471) | |||||
| Very slow or slow | 361 | 12.4 | 56 | 11.3 | 288 | 14.9 | 17 | 3.6 | <0.0005 |
| Very fast or fast | 2542 | 87.6 | 440 | 88.7 | 1648 | 85.1 | 454 | 96.4 | |
| Safety | (n = 2982) | (n = 573) | (n = 1937) | (n = 471) | |||||
| Very dangerous or dangerous | 1917 | 64.3 | 432 | 75.4 | 1274 | 65.8 | 221 | 44.8 | <0.0005 |
| Very safe or safe | 1065 | 35.7 | 141 | 24.6 | 663 | 34.2 | 260 | 55.2 | |
| Ability to cook most dishes | (n = 2903) | (n = 492) | (n = 1938) | (n = 472) | |||||
| Very difficult or difficult | 994 | 34.2 | 229 | 46.5 | 701 | 36.2 | 63 | 13.4 | <0.0005 |
| Easy or Okay | 1909 | 65.8 | 263 | 53.5 | 1237 | 63.8 | 409 | 86.7 | |
| Affordability of refills | (n = 2827) | (n = 462) | (n = 1900) | (n = 464) | |||||
| Very expensive or expensive | 1958 | 69.3 | 339 | 73.4 | 1346 | 70.8 | 273 | 58.8 | <0.0005 |
| Cheap or Okay | 869 | 30.7 | 123 | 26.6 | 554 | 29.2 | 191 | 41.2 | |
| Cleanliness | (n = 2943) | (n = 523) | (n = 1947) | (n = 472) | |||||
| Very dirty or dirty | 135 | 4.6 | 15 | 2.9 | 104 | 5.3 | 16 | 3.4 | 0.022 |
| Very clean or clean | 2808 | 95.4 | 508 | 97.1 | 1843 | 94.7 | 456 | 96.6 | |
| Ease of replacing cylinders | (n = 2806) | (n = 404) | (n = 1932) | (n = 468) | |||||
| Very difficult or difficult | 1087 | 38.7 | 169 | 41.7 | 795 | 41.2 | 123 | 26.3 | <0.0005 |
| Easy or okay | 1719 | 61.3 | 236 | 58.3 | 1137 | 58.9 | 345 | 73.7 | |
| Availability | (n = 2769) | (n = 362) | (n = 1937) | (n = 469) | |||||
| Very difficult/difficult to obtain | 1048 | 37.9 | 156 | 43.1 | 782 | 40.4 | 109 | 23.2 | <0.0005 |
| Easy or okay to obtain | 1721 | 62.2 | 206 | 56.9 | 1155 | 59.6 | 360 | 76.8 | |
* p-values shown in bold show evidence of significance at the 5% level. ** Total sample size for perception data was less than 3343 due to some households not answering all questions.