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. 2022 Mar 15;8(3):e09118. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09118

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics (Pearson Chi-square analysis) for demographic and socio-economic characteristics of briquette users in Luwero and Wakiso districts.

Variable Frequency (Percentage)
χ2 Sig.
Luwero N = 137 Wakiso N = 98 Overall
Gender
Male 90 (66) 73 (74) 163 (69) 2.08 0.149
Female 47 (34) 25 (26) 72 (31)
Marital Status
Married 83 (61) 69 (70) 152 (65) 9.49∗∗ 0.023
Unmarried 54 (39) 29 (30) 83 (35)
Main occupation
Farmer 48 (35) 6 (6) 54 (23) 28.99∗∗∗ 0.000
Business 44 (32) 36 (37) 80 (34)
Casual worker 13 (10) 16 (16) 29 (12)
Employee 32 (23) 40 (41) 72 (31)
Cooking place
Indoor 98 (72) 69 (70) 167 (71) 0.035 0.851
Outdoor 39 (28) 29 (30) 68 (29)
Income Status
1=<250,000 57 (42) 27 (28) 84 (36) 10.60∗∗ 0.014
2 = 250000-499000 21 (15) 25 (26) 46 (19)
3 = 500000-1000000 56 (41) 38 (38) 94 (40)
4=>1000000 3 (2) 8 (8) 11 (5)
Residential location
Rural 59 (43) 0 (0) 59 (25) 56.35∗∗∗ 0.000
Urban 78 (57) 98 (100) 176 (75)

Source: Field survey, (2019); Number of respondents = 235, χ2 denotes Pearson's chi-square coefficient; ∗∗∗ & ∗∗ implies p < 0.01 and p < 0.05.