Table 1 Demographic characteristics of residents living near the landfill sites

Gender

Male

156 (71.6)

36 (17.2)

202 (50.5)

394 (47.6)

0.000*

Female

62 (28.4)

173 (82.8)

198 (49.5)

433 (52.4)

Age (years)

18–29

75 (34.4)

65 (31.1)

126 (31.5)

266 (32.2)

0.010^*

30–39

103 (47.2)

107 (51.2)

237 (59.2)

447 (54.10)

40–49

22 (10.1)

18 (8.6)

18 (4.5)

58 (7.0)

50 and above

18 (8.3)

19 (9.1)

19 (4.8)

56 (6.8)

Length of stay in the community

 < 5 yrs

127 (58.3)

82 (39.2)

128 (32.0)

337 (40.7)

 < 0.001^*

5–10yrs

69 (31.7)

68 (32.5)

172 (43.0)

309 (37.4)

11–15yrs

14 (6.4)

14 (6.7)

82 (20.5)

110 (13.3)

16–20yrs

7 (3.2)

11 (5.3)

16 (4.0)

34 (4.1)

All my life

1 (0.5)

34 (16.3)

2 (0.5)

37 (4.5)

Education

No formal education

30 (13.8)

31 (14.8)

66 (16.5)

127 (15.4)

0.086

Basic school education

92 (42.2)

107 (51.2)

154 (38.5)

353 (42.7)

High school education

74 (33.9)

50 (23.9)

135 (33.8)

259 (31.3)

College/tertiary

22 (10.1)

21 (10.0)

45 (11.2)

88 (10.6)

Employment status

Not employed

47 (21.6)

45 (21.5)

126 (31.5)

218 (26.4)

0.005^*

Employed

171 (78.4)

164 (78.5)

274 (68.5)

609 (73.6)

Monthly income (GH¢)

Less or equal to 100.00

16 (7.3)

37 (17.7)

24 (6.0)

77 (9.3)

 < 0.001^*

101.00–300.00

67 (30.7)

63 (30.1)

163 (40.8)

293 (35.4)

301.00–500.00

54 (24.8)

35 (16.7)

88 (22.0)

177 (21.4)

501.00–700.00

41 (18.8)

20 (9.6)

52 (13.0)

113 (13.7)

More than 700 

30 (13.8)

49 (23.4)

61 (15.2)

140 (16.9)

Source of water

Treated sources

117 (53.7)

125 (59.80

205 (51.2)

447 (54.1)

0.131

Non-treated sources

101 (46.3)

84 (40.2)

195 (48.8)

380 (45.9)