Solid Waste Disposal Practices on the Environment

Table 13.

Relative comparison oflevel of education and where waste is disposed off.

 

 

Where do you dump your waste? (%)

Total

 

 

Roadside

Skip

Dump site

Open spaces

Nearby gutter

Backyard

Other

Level of education

Never

0.0

0.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

Primary

0.0

0.0

12.5

12.5

0.0

50.0

25.0

100.0

Middle school/JSS

0.0

10.5

52.6

26.3

0.0

10.5

0.0

100.0

SHS/Technical

4.0

4.0

60.0

2.0

4.0

18.0

8.0

100.0

Tertiary

2.6

5.2

46.8

11.7

10.4

14.3

9.1

100.0

Total

2.6

5.1

50.6

10.3

6.4

16.7

8.3

100.0

Chi-square results

χ2= 30.835, df=24, P= 0.159, Critical Significant Level (α)=0.05 0r 5%