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.