Self-rated health among Mayan women participating in a randomised intervention trial reducing indoor air pollution in Guatemala

Table 4 Reported advantages and disadvantages of using a Plancha.

All women using Plancha n = 89
Advantages	n	Disadvantages	n
Less smoke	84	Colder in the kitchen	7
Easier everyday work		Difficult to get light from Plancha	2
Better position	73	Cannot use light from fire	3
Plancha can be used as surface to work	13	More time cutting wood into pieces	13
Shorter cook time	59	Longer time cooking	6
Cleaner clothes	37	Difficult cooking with big clay pots	11
Less cloth to wash	3	Difficult cooking food for animals	9
Cleaner pots	14
Cleaner children	24
Cleaner skin	16
Comfort
Warmer inside the house	4
More comfortable kitchen	28
Less smoke smell in the house	3
Less smoke smell in the clothes	4
Less smoke smell in the hair	3
Potential for saving resources
Save wood	32
Save money	3
Social benefits
Improved social status	29
Proud to work in the kitchen	17
Kitchen is now a meeting point	1
Health benefits
Less worried about burns in children	48

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