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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of tannery and Civil servant workers, Mojo town, southwest Ethiopia, 2018

From: Occupational risk factors associated with respiratory symptoms among tannery workers in Mojo town, Southeast Ethiopia, 2018: a comparative cross-sectional study

Variables (N = 602)

Exposed (n = 299)

Frequency (%)

Unexposed (n = 303)

Frequency (%)

Chi-square Test, P

Sex

  

0.0002

Female

76(25.4)

40(13.2)

 

Male

223(74.6)

263(86.8)

 

Age (years)

  

< 0.00001

18–25

109(36.5)

36(11.9)

 

26–34

131(43.8)

191(63)

 

> 35

59(19.7)

76(25)

 

Marital Status

  

0.04

Single

121(40.5)

121(39.9)

 

Married

157(52.5)

174(57.4)

 

Divorced/Widowed

21(7.0)

8(2.6)

 

Work experience

  

< 0.00001

1–4

159(53.2)

99(32.1)

 

5–10

57(19.1)

134(44.2)

 

10+

83(27.8)

70(23.1)

 

Ethnicity

  

< 0.00001

Oromo

181(60.3)

249(82.2)

 

Amhara

72(10.0)

48(15.8)

 

Others

46(15.7)

6(2)

 

Religion

0.002

Orthodox

161(53.8)

170(56.1)

 

Protestant

90(30)

59(19.5)

 

Muslim

48(16)

74(24.4)

 

Educational Status

< 0.00001

Primary school

105(35)

1(0.3)

 

Secondary school

124(41.5)

7(2.3)

 

Diploma and above

70(23.4)

295(97.3)

 

Monthly salary in ETB

< 0.00001

< 1500

150(50.2)

21(6.9)

 

> 1500

149(49.8)

282(93.)

 
  1. Keys: ETB Ethiopian birr (national currency) (1 $ USA = 28 ETB)