i. Characteristics

Characteristics

Percent-ages

Characteristics

Percent-ages

Characteristics

Percent-ages

1. Sex Male Female

60 40

2. Age Up to 19 20 - 39 40 - 60

>60

5 50 35 10

3. Marital status Married Unmarried

55 45

4. Household Size 1 - 2 3 - 4 5 - 12

>12

4 27 53 16

5. Educational Status Educated Uneducated

40 60

6. Employment Status Employed Unemployed

80 20

7. Status at home Landlord Tenants Visitors

37 62 01

8. Length of Stay in the area

<5 years 5 - 10 11 - 15 15 - 20

>20

15 40 35 5 5

ii. Perception and Awareness

1. Awareness of closeness of slaughter house to residence Yes No

95 05

2. Contamination of water/ food items by Incidence of flies/

mosquitoes/insects/

in high number spreading infection Yes No

74 26

3.  Horrible stench/odour of slaughter house Yes No

98 02

4. Boiling of fat/bones Etc by private parties also spreading bad odour Yes No Not sure

79 05 16

5. Pungent odour affects breathing and causes respiratory ailments Yes No Not sure

43 14 43

6. Chocking blocked drains with waste water containing blood and debris spreading infection Yes No

78 22

7. Contamination of Surface/ground water Yes No Not sure

58 08 34

8. Slaughter house is a nuisance Yes No

74 26