TABLE 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents.
| Socio-demographic characteristics | Close to landfill site (Igando) n = 103 |
Far from landfill site (Badagry) n = 103 |
Statistics |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | Mean ± SD | n | % | Mean ± SD | ᵪ2 | t | df | p | |
| Age (years) | ||||||||||
| ≤ 20 | 1 | 1.1 | - | 7 | 6.7 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 21–40 | 84 | 81.6 | - | 81 | 78.6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 41–60 | 13 | 12.7 | - | 12 | 11.7 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 61–80 | 5 | 4.6 | - | 3 | 2.9 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mean ± SD | - | - | 34.18 ± 10.21 | - | - | 32.62 ± 9.84 | - | 1.12 | 204 | 0.27 |
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 52 | 50.5 | - | 60 | 58.3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Female | 51 | 49.5 | - | 43 | 41.7 | - | 0.96 | - | 1 | 0.33 |
| Marital status | ||||||||||
| Single | 39 | 37.9 | - | 56 | 54.4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Married | 57 | 55.3 | - | 45 | 43.6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Divorced | 0 | 0.0 | - | 1 | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Widowed | 7 | 6.8 | - | 1 | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 0.014* |
| Educational status | ||||||||||
| No formal education | 1 | 1.0 | - | 5 | 4.9 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Primary | 8 | 8.1 | - | 11 | 10.7 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Secondary | 48 | 46.5 | - | 40 | 38.8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tertiary | 46 | 44.4 | - | 47 | 45.6 | - | 6.27 | - | 3 | 0.106 |
| Workplace near dumpsite? | ||||||||||
| Yes | 82 | 79.6 | - | 16 | 15.5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| No | 21 | 20.4 | - | 87 | 84.5 | - | 82.23 | - | 1 | < 0.0001 |
| Duration of stay in residential location (years) | ||||||||||
| 0–10 | 93 | 90.0 | - | 44 | 42.7 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11–20 | 9 | 9.0 | - | 36 | 35.0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 21–30 | 1 | 1.0 | - | 18 | 17.5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31–40 | 0 | 0.0 | - | 5 | 4.8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mean ± SD | - | - | 5.76 ± 3.59 | - | - | 14.29 ± 9.70 | - | 8.37 | 204 | < 0.0001 |
df, degree of freedom; SD, standard deviation; t, t-test.
*
, Fisher’s exact.