Research Article
Determinants of Chronic Respiratory Symptoms among Pharmaceutical Factory Workers
Table 1
Distribution of sociodemographic characteristics of participants in pharmaceutical factories in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 2017.
| | Socio demographic variables | Case () (%) | Control () (%) | Total (%) | value |
| | Sex | | | | | | Female | 83 (55.0) | 157 (52.0) | 240 (53) | 0.549 | | Male | 68 (45.0) | 145 (48.0) | 213 (47) | | | Age group | | | | | | <30 years | 102 (67.5) | 228 (75.5) | 330 (72.8) | | | ≥30 years | 49 (32.5) | 74 (24.5) | 123 (27.2) | 0.074 | | Religion | | | | | | Orthodox | 109 (72.2) | 228 (75.5) | 337 (74.4) | 0.114 | | Catholic | 3 (2.0) | 1 (0.3) | 4 (0.9) | | | Muslim | 15 (9.9) | 28 (9.3) | 43 (9.5) | 0.150 | | Protestant | 24 (15.9) | 45 (14.9) | 69 (15.2) | 0.144 | | Marital status | | | | | | Married | 55 (36.0) | 86 (28.5) | 141 (31.1) | 0.842 | | Single | 94 (62.0) | 211 (69.9) | 305 (67.3) | 0.925 | | Widowed | 1 (1.0) | 2 (1.0) | 3 (0.7) | | | Divorced | 1 (1.0) | 3 (10.0) | 4 (0.9) | 0.810 | | Educational level | | | | | | ≤ grade 8 | 2 (1.3) | 6 (2.0) | 8 (1.8) | | | Grades 9–12 | 59 (39.1) | 109 (36.1) | 168 (37.1) | 0.560 | | Technical and vocational education training (TVET) | 63 (41.7) | 114 (37.7) | 177 (39.1) | 0.543 | | First degree & above | 27 (17.9) | 73 (24.2) | 100 (22.1) | 0.902 | | Employment condition | | | | | | Temporary | 30 (19.9) | 86 (28.5) | 116 (25.6) | | | Permanent | 121 (80.1) | 216 (71.5) | 337 (74.4) | 0.049 | | Monthly salary in ETB | | | | | | ≤2625 | 101 (66.9) | 204 (67.5) | 305 (67.3) | | | >2625 | 50 (33.1) | 98 (32.5) | 148 (32.7) | 0.887 |
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