Table 1 Satisfaction level of people concerning different categorical variables
Variables | Categories | Satisfaction level | Chi-square (p-value) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Not satisfied | Satisfied | |||
Number (percent) | Number (percent) | |||
Gender | Male | 127 (73.4) | 46 (26.6) | 13.721 (0.000) |
Female | 192 (56.6) | 147 (43.4) | ||
Education level | High School | 21 (50) | 21 (50) | 5.129 (0.077) |
Bachelor’s degree | 168 (60.6) | 109 (39.4) | ||
Master’s degree and above | 130 (67.4) | 63 (32.6) | ||
Fear of COVID-19 | Yes | 251 (64.5) | 138 (35.5) | 3.397 (0.065) |
No | 68 (55.3) | 55 (44.7) | ||
Family in quarantine | Yes | 132 (65.3) | 70 (34.7) | 1.314 (0.252) |
No | 187 (60.3) | 123 (39.7) | ||
Waste volume change during the lockdown | Increase | 122 (68.5) | 56 (31.5) | 6.143 (0.046) |
Decrease | 26 (68.4) | 12 (31.6) | ||
Constant | 171 (57.8) | 125 (42.2) | ||
Separation of waste at source | Always | 178 (61.8) | 110 (38.2) | 0.219 (0.896) |
Sometime | 109 (62.3) | 66 (37.7) | ||
Never | 32 (65.3) | 17 (34.7) | ||
Challenges of separating waste at source | Enough | 36 (65.5) | 19 (34.5) | 1.789 (0.617) |
For nothing | 15 (75) | 5 (25) | ||
Much | 42 (61.8) | 26 (38.2) | ||
Not much | 226 (61.2) | 143 (38.8) | ||
Collection service | Government | 161 (57.5) | 119 (42.5) | 6.883 (0.032) |
Private | 75 (65.2) | 40 (34.8) | ||
No service | 83 (70.9) | 34 (29.1) | ||
PPE for waste workers (where collection service is available) | Yes | 48 (40.7) | 70 (59.3) | 32.379 (0.000) |
No | 271 (68.78) | 123 (31.21) | ||
Transformation of covid-19 from wastes | Yes | 194 (66.4) | 98 (33.6) | 5.684 (0.058) |
No | 33 (52.4) | 30 (46.6) | ||
May be | 92 (58.6) | 65 (41.4) | ||
Dumping location | Burn | 69 (66.3) | 35 (33.7) | 8.772 (0.067) |
By the road/street | 8 (88.9) | 1 (11.1) | ||
Rivers/lakes | 11 (78.6) | 3 (21.4) | ||
Nearby container | 210 (58.8) | 147 (41.2) | ||
Open spaces | 21 (75) | 7 (25) | ||
Education by government authority about the waste management | Yes | 27 (40.9) | 39 (59.1) | 14.768 (0.000) |
No | 292 (65.5) | 154 (34.5) | ||
Agree with recycling during a pandemic | Yes | 194 (62.2) | 118 (37.8) | 3.109 (0.211) |
No | 54 (70.1) | 23 (29.9) | ||
May be | 71 (57.7) | 52 (42.3) | ||