Research Article

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 ( )*.

VariablesCategories Percent (%)

GenderMale13282.0
Female2716.8

Marital statusSingle8754.0
Married6439.8
Separated53.1
Widowed10.6

Skin colour/ethnic origenWhite9559.0
Black3119.3
Brown2515.5
Asian31.9
Indigenous31.9

SchoolingElementary school, incomplete159.3
Elementary school85.0
Secondary school, incomplete3018.6
Secondary school8452.2
Higher education, incomplete116.8
Higher education85.0
Postgraduate education, incomplete21.2

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