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. 2021 Nov 29;18(23):12592. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182312592

Table 4.

Top reasons reported for traditional stove use among the intervention households during pregnancy.

IRC Top Three Ranked Reasons for Traditional Stove Use (N Reporting; Percent of the Intervention Households)
Guatemala

  1. Needing to cook large quantities of food for special occasions (32; 8.0%)

  2. Challenges with cleaning or maintaining the LPG stove (20; 5.0%)

  3. Preparing a traditional dish (14; 3.5%)
India

  1. Unsure how to check for or respond to a leak (1; 0.3%)

  2. Challenges with cleaning or maintaining the LPG stove (1; 0.3%)

  3. General feeling of insecurity with the LPG stove (1, 0.3%)

  4. Other household members using the traditional stove (1; 0.3%)
Peru

  1. Other household members using the traditional stove (72; 18.3%)

  2. Preparing a traditional dish (i.e., burning lamb’s head in the traditional stove) (33; 8.4%)

  3. Running out of LPG (28; 7.1%)
Rwanda

  1. Running out of LPG (32; 8.1%)

  2. Other household members using the traditional stove (11; 2.8%)

  3. Concerns about the LPG cylinder exploding/burns (7; 1.8%)