Factors predisposing women and children to indoor air pollution in rural villages, Western Kenya

Table 3 Effects of indoor air pollution on women and children

Variable of Interest	Response	N	Percentage
Respiratory problems related to IAP among women
Whether respondent had a cough in previous 12 months	Yes	231	92.0
Whether respondent had a cough in previous 12 months	No	20	8.0
Whether respondents coughed in a similar way on most days	Yes	125	54.1
Whether respondents coughed in a similar way on most days	No	106	45.9
Duration in months in the past year that respondent coughed in a similar manner	> 6	50	21.6
	3–5	63	27.4
	1–2	70	30.3
	< 1	48	20.7
Number of years respondent had been coughing in a similar manner	1	73	31.5
	2	77	33.2
	3	24	10.6
	4	4	1.7
	5	31	13.3
	> 5	22	9.7
Respiratory problems among children related to indoor air pollution
Number of children under five in the household	1	111	44.2
	2	112	44.6
	3	22	8.8
	> 3	6	2.4
If children had a cough the previous week	No	12	4.6
If children had a cough the previous week	Yes	239	95.4
Condition of breathing for those who had a cough	Normal	122	48.8
Condition of breathing for those who had a cough	Faster	129	51.2
Other respiratory health problems experienced by under 5 yr olds during time of study	None	37	14.8
	Colds	206	82.0
	Others	8	3.2
Headaches and their causes among women
Headache in the previous 12 months	No	5	2.0
Headache in the previous 12 months	Yes	246	98.0
How often headaches were experienced	Every day	5	2.0
	Most days	85	34.6
	Once per week	69	28.0
	Less often	87	35.4
Factors attributed to the headaches	Smoke	12	4.9
	Colds	104	42.3
	Other	130	52.8

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