Assessment of Kitchen Air Pollution: Health Implications for the Residents of Ilorin South, Nigeria

Table 4

Average concentration of SO₂ in ppm and their air quality index in the selected households.

SP

Morning

Evening

LPG

AQI

Charcoal

AQI

Firewood

AQI

LPG

AQI

Charcoal

AQI

Firewood

AQI

SP 1

0.189; ±0.02

D

0.367; ±0.13

E

0.478; ±0.06

E

0.204; ±0.06

D

0.397; ±0.01

E

0.502; ±0.16

E

SP 2

0.150; ±0.06

C

0.364; ±0.02

E

0.478; ±0.03

E

0.166; ±0.06

C

0.413; ±0.02

E

0.491; ±0.13

E

SP 3

0.155; ±0.03

C

0.311; ±0.06

E

0.405; ±0.02

E

0.185; ±0.05

C

0.373 ± 0.05

E

0.484; ±0.11

E

SP 4

0.201; ±0.03

D

0.384; ±0.05

E

0.501; ±0.03

E

0.207; ±0.01

D

0.389; ±0.01

E

0.560; ±0.15

E

SP 5

0.252; ±0.01

D

0.276; ±0.02

D

0.593; ±0.05

E

0.272; ±0.01

D

0.491; ±0.02

E

0.647; ±0.13

F

SP 6

0.243; ±0.00

D

0.382; ±0.05

E

0.487; ±0.03

E

0.273; ±0.03

D

0.451; ±0.01

E

0.532; ±0.02

E

SP 7

0.229; ±0.02

D

0.305; ±0.03

E

0.457; ±0.02

E

0.245; ±0.02

D

0.354; ±0.04

E

0.515; ±0.03

E

SP 8

0.182; ±0.02

C

0.237; ±0.02

D

0.327; ±0.03

E

0.204; ±0.05

D

0.257; ±0.01

D

0.395; ±0.04

E

SP 9

0.247; ±0.02

D

0.352; ±0.01

E

0.441; ±0.02

E

0.272; ±0.01

D

0.384; ±0.12

E

0.467; ±0.04

E

SP 10

0.229; ±0.03

D

0.300; ±0.00

D

0.353; ±0.04

E

0.230; ±0.03

D

0.318; ±0.01

E

0.374; ±0.12

E

SP 11

0.248; ±0.00

D

0.358; ±0.02

E

0.435; ±0.03

E

0.258; ±0.01

D

0.373; ±0.02

E

0.491; ±0.03

E

A, good, B, moderate, C, unhealthy for sensitive groups, D, unhealthy, E, very unhealthy, and F, hazardous. SP, sampling points, LPG, liquefied petroleum gas, AQI, air quality index. Each value is an average ± standard deviation concentration value of the 3 households sampled within the sampling points.