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Table 4 Reported advantages and disadvantages of using a Plancha.

From: Self-rated health among Mayan women participating in a randomised intervention trial reducing indoor air pollution in Guatemala

All women using Plancha n = 89

Advantages

n

Disadvantages

n

Less smoke

84

Colder in the kitchen

7

Easier everyday work

 

Difficult to get light from Plancha

2

Better position

73

Cannot use light from fire

3

Plancha can be used as surface to work

13

More time cutting wood into pieces

13

Shorter cook time

59

Longer time cooking

6

Cleaner clothes

37

Difficult cooking with big clay pots

11

Less cloth to wash

3

Difficult cooking food for animals

9

Cleaner pots

14

  

Cleaner children

24

  

Cleaner skin

16

  

Comfort

   

Warmer inside the house

4

  

More comfortable kitchen

28

  

Less smoke smell in the house

3

  

Less smoke smell in the clothes

4

  

Less smoke smell in the hair

3

  

Potential for saving resources

   

Save wood

32

  

Save money

3

  

Social benefits

   

Improved social status

29

  

Proud to work in the kitchen

17

  

Kitchen is now a meeting point

1

  

Health benefits

   

Less worried about burns in children

48