Table 1 Demographic and health-related characteristics for exposed and non-exposed workers
Variable | Non-exposed (%; n = 111) | Exposed (%; n = 110) | p-valuea |
|---|---|---|---|
I. Demographic characteristic | |||
Age | 0.138 | ||
18–33 | 31.5 | 40.4 | |
34–49 | 28.8 | 29.4 | |
50–60 | 39.6 | 30.3 | |
Residence near a dump site | 0.001 | ||
No | 77.3 | 57.3 | |
Yes | 22.7 | 42.7 | |
Education | 0.473 | ||
Primary level | 25.2 | 26.4 | |
Secondary level | 52.3 | 50.0 | |
University level | 22.5 | 23.6 | |
Work hours | 0.368 | ||
≤ 8 h | 49.5 | 47.3 | |
> 8 h | 50.5 | 52.7 | |
Workplace | 0.000 | ||
Indoors | 26.1 | 48.2 | |
Outdoors | 48.6 | 24.5 | |
Indoors and outdoors | 25.2 | 27.3 | |
Marital status | 0.425 | ||
Married | 34.2 | 33.0 | |
Not married | 65.8 | 67.0 | |
Support to family | 0.005 | ||
No | 34.5 | 19.0 | |
Yes | 65.5 | 81.0 | |
Income | 0.416 | ||
Insufficient | 45.5 | 44.0 | |
Sufficient | 54.5 | 56.0 | |
II. Heath-related characteristic | |||
Presence of Chronic Disease | 0.300 | ||
No | 77.5 | 80.4 | |
Yes | 22.5 | 19.6 | |
Smoking | 0.009 | ||
No | 54.1 | 38.2 | |
Yes | 45.9 | 61.8 | |
Insurance | 0.075 | ||
No | 19.1 | 27.3 | |
Yes | 80.9 | 72.7 | |