Facilitators and barriers to improved cookstove adoption: a community-based cross-sectional study in Northwest Ethiopia

Table 1 Household and setting characteristics of study participants in Northwest Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 5830)

Characteristics		Number	Percent
Gender of the household head	Female	424	7.3
Gender of the household head	Male	5406	92.7
Educational status of the household head	Do not read/write	3583	61.4
	Read/write only	843	14.5
	Primary school	624	10.7
	Secondary school	385	6.6
	Higher education	395	6.8
Family size of the household	2–3	1158	19.9
	4–5	2025	34.7
	6–7	1784	30.6
	8 or more individuals	863	14.8
Number of rooms in the main living house	One room	1384	23.8
	Two rooms	3203	54.9
	Three rooms	1101	18.9
	Four or more rooms	142	2.4
House ownership status	Private/own	5194	89.1
House ownership status	Rented	636	10.9
Location of cooking quarter of household	Separate kitchen	3685	63.2
Location of cooking quarter of household	Inside living house	2145	36.8

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