Table 1 Comparison of sample characteristics and housing condition between transitional camps and permanent housing project.
Demographics | Transitional camp (n = 156) | Housing project (n = 147) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 37.0 (S.D. 11.8) | 38.8 (S.D. 15.1) | 0.76 | |
Sex | Male | 37% (57) | 44% (64) | 0.21 |
Female | 63% (99) | 56% (83) | ||
Marital status | Single | 5.8% (9) | 6.9% (10) | |
Married | 80.5 (124) | 85.5% (124) | 0.17 | |
Widowed | 11.0% (17) | 7.6% (11) | ||
Divorced | 2.6% (4) | - | ||
Males that smoke tobacco | 61.4% (35) | 40.1% (26) | 0.02 | |
Males that use alcohol Use | 37.5% (21) | 26.6% (17) | 0.20 | |
Household level (means) | ||||
Monthly income | Rs 6921 (S.D. 3830) | Rs 7356 (S.D. 3970) | 0.34 | |
Unemployment rates | Male | 7% (4) | 7.9% (8) | 0.87 |
Female | 82.8% (82) | 80.7% (67) | 0.85 | |
Adults | 2.8 (S.D. 1.2) | 2.7 (S.D. 1.1) | 0.22 | |
Children | 1.4 (S.D. 1.0) | 1.7 (S.D. 1.3) | 0.093 | |
People/room | 3.4 (S.D. 1.5) | 1.1 (0.4) | <0.001 | |
Housing conditions | ||||
Leaking house | 48.7% (76) | 53.7% (79) | 0.38 | |
Flood when rains | All of the time | 5.1% (8) | 0.7% (1) | |
Some of the time | 47.4% (74) | 9% (13) | <0.001 | |
None of the time | 47.4% (74) | 90.3% (131) | ||
Damp | Very | 3.2% (5) | 0 | |
Quite | 59.0% (92) | 17.2% (25) | <0.001 | |
None | 37.8% (59) | 59.5% (120) | ||
Mould | Very | 5.1% (8) | 0 | |
Quite | 22.4% (35) | 13.8% (20) | 0.002 | |
None | 72.4% (113) | 86.2% (125) | ||
Cooking fuel | Wood | 61.3% (92) | 81.9% (118) | |
Gas | 5.3% (8) | 1.4% (2) | 0.003 | |
Kerosene | 31.3% (2) | 15.3 (22) | ||
Combination | 1.5% (2) | 1.4% (2) | ||
Drinking water source | Private piped | 0 | 39.5% (58) | |
Communal piped | 87.8% (136) | 36.1% (53) | <0.001 | |
Communal well | 0 | 24.5% (36) | ||
Bowser | 12.3% (19) | 0 | ||
Toilet location | Private, inside house | 0 | 67.3% (99) | |
Private, outside house | 0 | 32.7% (48) | <0.001 | |
Communal | 100% (156) | 0 | ||
Number using toilet | 222.6 (S.D. 208.2) | 4.4 (S.D. 1.8) | <0.001 | |