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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
environmental science
Assessing the relationship between socioeconomic conditions and urban environmental quality in Accra, Ghana
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volume 7, No. 1, Year 2010
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Description
The influence of socioeconomic status (SES) on health inequalities is widely known, but there is still poor understanding of the precise relationship between area-based socioeconomic conditions and neighborhood environmental quality. This study aimed to investigate the socioeconomic conditions which predict urban neighbourhood environmental quality. The results showed wide variation in levels of association between the socioeconomic variables and environmental conditions, with strong evidence of a real difference in environmental quality across the five socioeconomic classes with respect to total waste generation (p < 0.001), waste collection rate (p < 0.001), sewer disposal rate (p < 0.001), non-sewer disposal (p < 0.003), the proportion of households using public toilets (p = 0.005). Socioeconomic conditions are therefore important drivers of change in environmental quality and urban environmental interventions aimed at infectious disease prevention and control if they should be effective could benefit from simultaneous implementation with other social interventions. © 2010 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International.
Authors & Co-Authors
Fobil, Julius Najah
Germany, Hamburg
Bernhard Nocht Institut Fur Tropenmedizin Hamburg
Germany, Bielefeld
Universität Bielefeld
Ghana, Accra
University of Ghana
May, Juergen ü.
Germany, Hamburg
Bernhard Nocht Institut Fur Tropenmedizin Hamburg
Kraemer, Alexander
Germany, Bielefeld
Universität Bielefeld
Statistics
Citations: 48
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.3390/ijerph7010125
e-ISSN:
16604601
Study Locations
Ghana