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International Journal of
Population Studies Traders’ KAP toward solid waste disposal in Nigeria

Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of the study 3.2. Relationship between KAP levels toward solid
participants waste disposal and sociodemographic factors of
market traders in Calabar Municipality
Variables Frequency (n = 480), n (%)
Gender From the cross-tabulated P-values presented in Table 3,
Male 219 (45.6) significant associations were found between educational
attainment (χ = 17.74, df = 3, P < 0.001), religion
2
Female 261 (54.4) (χ = 30.07, df =2, P < 0.001), and marital status (χ = 22.09,
2
2
Age (years), mean age ± SD 28.35±8.73 df =3, P < 0.001) with the knowledge of solid waste
15 – 19 90 (18.8) management in the study area. We, however, reject the
20 – 29 182 (37.9) null hypothesis of no significant relationship between
30 – 39 158 (32.9) educational level, religion, and marital status with the
≥ 40 50 (10.4) knowledge of market traders on solid waste management
Educational attainment in the study area. Other sociodemographic such as age and
No formal education 52 (10.8) gender of respondents had no significant associations with
Primary 47 (9.8) the outcome of interest.
Secondary 245 (51.0) Furthermore, in Table 3, significant associations were
2
Tertiary 136 (28.3) found between the age (χ = 8.74, df = 3, P = 0.033) and
2
Marital status education (χ = 12.74, df = 3, P = 0.005) of the market
traders and their attitude toward solid wastes disposal in
Single 230 (47.9) the study area. We, however, reject the null hypothesis of
Married 182 (37.9) no significant relationship between age and educational
Widowed 47 (9.8) level with the attitude of market traders toward solid waste
Divorced/separated 21 (4.4) management in the study area. All other sociodemographic
Religion factors were not significant.
Christianity 371 (77.3) Finally, Table 3 also highlights the Chi-square analysis
Islamic 51 (10.6) of the association between respondents’ practices of
Traditional 58 (12.1) solid waste management and their sociodemographic
2
SD: Standard deviation characteristics. Age (χ = 9.52, df = 3, P = 0.023) and
religion (χ = 8.91, df =2, P = 0.045) were found to be
2
statistically significantly associated with the practice of
Table 2. Level of knowledge, attitude, and practice on solid
waste management among respondents solid waste disposal and management among market
traders. We, therefore, reject the null hypothesis of no
Level of KAP Minimum and Frequency, n (%) statistically significant association between age, religion,
maximum scores and the practices of solid waste disposal among traders in
Knowledge level the study area. All other sociodemographic factors were
Good 3.5–7 259 (54.0) not significant.
Poor 0.0–3.4 221 (46.0) Table 4 presents data regarding the multivariate logistic
Mean ± SD 3.66 ± 1.70 regression analysis of the demographic characteristics
Attitude level and KAP of respondents following the inclusion of all
Acceptable 10–16 216 (45.0) covariates that were identified to be statistically significant
in the bivariate analyses. Age and gender were factored
Unacceptable 4.0–9.9 264 (55.0)
into all three models due to their biological importance.
Mean ± SD 9.22 ± 2.41 Age was inputted into the model as a continuous variable.
Practice level The multivariable analysis showed that respondents who
Good 8.0 – 16 77 (16.0) had attained primary education were 1.07 times more
Poor 4.0-7.9 403 (84.0) likely than those with no formal education to express
Mean ± SD 5.65 ± 1.49 good knowledge of solid waste management, P = 0.045,
SD: Standard deviation, KAP: Knowledge, attitude, and practice AOR =1.07 (95% CI: 1.02, 2.11). Respondents who
were married were less likely than single respondents to
the respondents had poor practices of solid waste disposal express good knowledge of solid waste management,
and management (M = 5.65, SD = 1.49). P = 0.002, AOR =0.47 (95% CI: 0.29, 0.76). Furthermore,

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