Table 3 General characteristics of clean fuel users and solid fuel user
| Â | Total | Clean fuel user | Solid fuel user | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender; n (%) | ||||
 Female | 24,818 (59.9) | 7277 (60.3) | 17,541 (59.7) | 0.30 |
 Male | 16632 (40.1) | 4792 (39.7) | 11,840 (40.3) |  |
Age group; n (%) | ||||
 15–24 | 7236 (17.5) | 2678 (22.2) | 4558 (15.5) | < 0.01 |
 25–34 | 9413 (22.7) | 2660 (22.0) | 6753 (23.0) |  |
 35–44 | 8538 (20.6) | 2320 (19.2) | 6218 (21.2) |  |
 45–54 | 8018 (19.3) | 2106 (17.4) | 5912 (20.1) |  |
 55–64 | 4998 (12.1) | 1360 (11.3) | 3638 (12.4) |  |
 65+ | 3247 (7.8) | 945 (7.8) | 2302 (7.8) |  |
Marital status; n (%) | ||||
 Married | 29,456 (71.1) | 7918 (65.6) | 21,538 (73.3) | < 0.01 |
 Never married | 8593 (20.7) | 3093 (25.6) | 5500 (18.7) |  |
 Divorced | 738 (1.8) | 264 (2.2) | 474 (1.6) |  |
 Widowed | 2663 (6.4) | 794 (6.6) | 1869 (6.4) |  |
Education; n (%) | ||||
 None | 882 (2.1) | 108 (0.9) | 774 (2.6) | < 0.01 |
 Primary | 2242 (5.4) | 207 (1.7) | 2035 (6.9) |  |
 Incomplete secondary | 7289 (17.6) | 1146 (9.5) | 6143 (20.9) |  |
 Completed secondary | 16,401 (39.6) | 4244 (35.2) | 12,157 (41.4) |  |
 Technical training | 3636 (8.8) | 1027 (8.5) | 2609 (8.9) |  |
 Higher | 11,000 (26.5) | 5337 (44.2) | 5663 (19.3) |  |
Employed; n (%) | ||||
 Unemployed | 21,168 (51.1) | 6013 (49.8) | 15,155 (51.6) | < 0.01 |
 Employed | 20,282 (48.9) | 6056 (50.2) | 14,226 (48.4) |  |
Reason unemployed; n (%) | ||||
 Secondary school student | 1790 (8.5) | 456 (7.6) | 1334 (8.9) | < 0.01 |
 University / college student | 3133 (14.9) | 1657 (27.6) | 1476 (9.8) |  |
 Retired | 6864 (32.6) | 1899 (31.7) | 4965 (33.0) |  |
 Disabled | 1634 (7.8) | 329 (5.5) | 1305 (8.7) |  |
 Housewife | 2996 (14.2) | 740 (12.3) | 2256 (15.0) |  |
 Cannot find job | 2764 (13.1) | 344 (5.7) | 2420 (16.1) |  |
 Other | 1873 (8.9) | 572 (9.5) | 1301 (8.6) |  |
Employment; n (%) | ||||
 Salaried employee | 11,972 (59.1) | 4090 (67.7) | 7882 (55.4) | < 0.01 |
 Employer | 923 (4.6) | 326 (5.4) | 597 (4.2) |  |
 Private business owner | 6196 (30.6) | 1565 (25.9) | 4631 (32.6) |  |
 Member of cooperative | 117 (0.6) | 11 (0.2) | 106 (0.7) |  |
 Unpaid participant in household enterprise | 382 (1.9) | 15 (0.2) | 367 (2.6) |  |
 Other | 668 (3.3) | 36 (0.6) | 632 (4.4) |  |
Residence area; n (%) | ||||
 Urban | 23,283 (56.2) | 10,550 (87.4) | 12,733 (43.3) | < 0.01 |
 Rural | 18,167 (43.8) | 1519 (12.6) | 16,648 (56.7) |  |