Risk Communication as a Tool for Training Apprentice Welders: A Study about Risk Perception and Occupational Accidents

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the study subjects (𝑛=161)*.

Variables	Categories	𝑛	Percent (%)
Gender	Male	132	82.0
	Female	27	16.8
Marital status	Single	87	54.0
	Married	64	39.8
	Separated	5	3.1
	Widowed	1	0.6
Skin colour/ethnic origen	White	95	59.0
	Black	31	19.3
	Brown	25	15.5
	Asian	3	1.9
	Indigenous	3	1.9
Schooling	Elementary school, incomplete	15	9.3
	Elementary school	8	5.0
	Secondary school, incomplete	30	18.6
	Secondary school	84	52.2
	Higher education, incomplete	11	6.8
	Higher education	8	5.0
	Postgraduate education, incomplete	2	1.2

*Numbers for each item may total less than total numbers because of missing values.