On-Site Solid Waste Handling Practice and Associated Factors among Condominium Residents in Gondar City, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Knowledge of condominium residents towards on-site solid waste handling practices in Gondar city, northwest Ethiopia, 2021.

Question items	Categories	Frequencies	Percentages (%)
Know how to handle solid waste at home	Yes	293	65.1
	No	157	34.9
Know solid waste reduction at the source	Yes	349	77.6
	No	101	22.4
Know reuse of solid waste	Yes	384	85.3
	No	66	14.7
Know that solid waste can be used as a new product	Yes	363	80.7
	No	87	19.3
Know environmental problem of poor solid waste handling	Yes	373	82.9
	No	77	17.1
Know human health problems related to poor solid waste handling practices	Yes	405	90
	No	45	10
Type of health problems respondents knew related to poor solid waste handling	Malaria	341	75.8
	Cholera	244	54.2
	Typhoid	402	89.3
	Others	83	18.4
Knowing drinking water sources could be contaminated by solid wastes	Yes	369	82.0
	No	81	18.0
Know personal protective equipment used to handle solid waste?	Yes	412	91.6
	No	38	8.4
Overall knowledge	Good	226	50.2
	Poor	224	49.8

Note.Others include skin and respiratory health problems.