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. 2022 Sep 13;30(5):11838–11860. doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-22894-0

Table 9.

The level of questions and how respondents (owners of biogas plants) contradicted the semi-structured interview. Part A: Demographic features of respondents (biogas plant owners)

Part A: Demographic characteristic of respondents (biogas plant owners)
Variables Features Frequency %
Gender Male 68 79.06
Female 11 12.79
Age Less than 26 7 8.86
25–31 17 21.51
31–45 21 26.58
45–53 11 13.92
57–65 15 18.98
65 and above 8 10.12
Education of biogas plant users Under metric 18 22.78
Metric 19 24.05
Faculty of Arts 17 21.51
Bachelor 14 17.72
Master 11 13.92
Experience of biogas plant users 1–4 years 18 22.78
4–6 years 11 13.92
6–8 years 16 20.25
8–10 years 15 18.98
10–12 years 12 15.18
12- and above 7 8.86
Brand names of biogas plants Fixed drum
Chinese fixed − dome plant 18 22.78
Janata model 17 21.51
Deenbandhu 14 17.72
Camartec model 11 13.92
Floating drum
A mild-steel gas storage drum 13 16.45
Inverted over the slurry 6 7.59