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Population Studies Traders’ KAP toward solid waste disposal in Nigeria

Table 3. Bivariate analysis of sociodemographic characteristics and knowledge, attitude, and practice toward solid waste
management among respondents
Sociodemographic Knowledge level Attitude level Practice level
characteristics Good, Poor, P Acceptable, Unacceptable, P Good, Poor, P
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Gender
Male 113 (43.6) 106 (48.0) 0.342 98 (45.4) 121 (45.8) 0.496 29 (37.3) 190 (47.1) 0.126
Female 146 (56.4) 115 (52.0) 118 (5.6) 143 (54.2) 48 (62.3) 213 (52.9)
Age (years)
15 – 19 45 (17.4) 45 (20.4) 0.249 43 (19.9) 47 (17.8) 0.033* 10 (13.0) 80 (19.9) 0.023*
20 – 29 108 (41.7) 74 (33.5) 69 (31.9) 113 (42.8) 23 (29.9) 159 (39.5)
30 – 39 78 (30.1) 80 (36.2) 74 (34.3) 84 (31.8) 30 (39.0) 128 (31.8)
≥ 40 28 (10.8) 22 (10.0) 30 (13.9) 20 (7.6) 14 (18.2) 36 (8.9)
Educational attainment
No formal education 21 (8.1) 31 (14.0) < 0.001** 25 (11.6) 27 (10.2) 0.005** 10 (13.0) 42 (10.4) 0.080
Primary 16 (6.2) 31 (14.0) 10 (4.6) 37 (14.0) 2 (2.6) 45 (11.2)
Secondary 134 (51.7) 111 (50.2) 112 (51.9) 133 (50.4) 38 (49.4) 207 (51.4)
Tertiary 88 (34.0) 48 (21.7) 69 (31.9) 67 (25.4) 27 (35.1) 109 (27.0)
Marital status
Single 147 (56.8) 83 (37.6) < 0.001** 98 (45.4) 132 (50.0) 0.736 37 (48.1) 193 (47.9) 0.454
Married 87 (33.6) 95 (43.0) 85 (39.4) 97 (36.7) 33 (42.9) 149 (37.0)
Widowed 20 (7.7) 27 (12.2) 22 (10.2) 25 (9.5) 4 (5.2) 43 (10.7)
Divorced/separated 5 (1.9) 16 (7.2) 11 (5.1) 10 (3.8) 3 (3.9) 18 (4.5)
Religion
Christianity 225 (86.9) 146 (66.1) < 0.001** 169 (78.2) 202 (76.5) 0.673 66 (85.7) 305 (75.7) 0.045*
Islamic 18 (6.9) 33 (14.9) 20 (9.3) 31 (11.7) 6 (7.8) 45 (11.2)
Traditional 16 (6.2) 42 (19.0) 27 (12.5) 31 (11.7) 5 (6.5) 53 (13.2)
*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01. P: Probability value, Chi square statistic analysis was used to obtain the P value.

separated/divorced respondents were less likely than single CI: 1.04, 1.17). Respondents who had attained primary
respondents to express good knowledge of solid waste education were 1.49 times more likely than those with non-
disposal in the study area, P = 0.005, AOR =0.18 (95% formal education to engage in good solid waste disposal
CI: 00.06, 0.60). Muslims (P = 0.048, AOR =0.52; 95% practices, P = 0.022, AOR = 1.49 (95% CI: 1.29, 2.76).
CI: 0.27, 0.99) and traditionalists (P = 0.001, AOR =0.30; Widowed respondents were 1.19 times more likely than
95% CI: 0.15, 0.61) were statistically significantly less likely single respondents to engage in good practice, P = 0.011,
to express good knowledge about solid waste disposal AOR = 1.19 (95% CI: 1.05, 1.68). Finally, traditionalists
compared to Christians in the study area. were significantly less likely than Christians to engage

In terms of attitude, respondents with primary in good solid waste disposal practices in the study area,
education were 1.06 times more likely than those with P = 0.031, AOR = 0.34 (95% CI: 0.13, 0.91).
no formal education to possess an acceptable attitude 4. Discussion
toward solid waste disposal in the study area, P = 0.017,
AOR = 1.03 (95% CI: 1.03, 1.88). Regarding practice, The present study explored the KAP of market traders
for every one point increase in age, the log-odds of toward solid waste disposal in Calabar Municipality,
respondents engaging in good practice of solid waste Nigeria. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study
disposal significantly increased by 0.049 (B = 0.049, exploring the KAP of solid waste disposal across all markets
P = 0.001). In other words, with every point increase in the ever-busy and increasingly populated Calabar
in age, the odds of engaging in good practice of solid Municipality. In general, the study’s results identified a
waste disposal increased, P < 0.001, AOR = 1.08 (95% slightly good knowledge of solid waste disposal. Good

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