Research Article
Determinants of Exposures to Hazardous Materials among Nail Cosmeticians in the Kampala City, Uganda
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of participants.
| | Characteristics of participants () | Frequency (%) |
| | Age (years) | | | 18–34 | 225 (92.6) | | 35–60 | 18 (7.4) |
| | Sex | | | Male | 194 (79.8) | | Female | 49 (20.2) |
| | Marital status | | | Single | 157 (64.6) | | Married/cohabiting | 86 (35.4) |
| | Level of education | | | Primary | 100 (41.1) | | Secondary and above | 143 (58.9) |
| | Religion | | | Christians | 202 (83.1) | | Muslim | 41 (16.9) |
| | Duration in nail cosmetics business | | | Two years or less | 90 (37.0) | | More than two years | 153 (63.0) |
| | Salon registered | | | Yes | 114 (46.9) | | No | 129 (53.1) |
| | Ever received training on safety of handling hazardous chemicals | | | Yes | 88 (37.0) | | No | 150 (63.0) |
| | Average number of nail cosmetics types used | | | Five or less | 136 (56.0) | | Over five | 107 (44.0) |
| | Nail technician belongs to city beauty operators association | | | Yes | 21 (9.0) | | No | 221 (90.9) |
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