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. 2024 Jan;255:114288. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2023.114288

Table 2.

Socio-demographic characteristics of waste and sanitation workers.

Indicators Baseline
Endline
Intervention n (%)
N = 347
Control n (%)
N = 152
Difference (p-value) Intervention n (%)
N = 349
Control n (%)
N = 150
Difference (p-value)
Work type
Septic tank/Pit-emptier 51 (15) 25 (16) −1 (0.617) 80 (23) 31 (21) 2 (0.578)
Solid waste collector 118 (34) 55 (36) −2 (0.638) 142 (41) 52 (35) 6 (0.206)
Drain cleaner 89 (26) 40 (26) 0 (0.875) 123 (35) 39 (26) 9 (0.043)
Road sweeper 131 (38) 43 (28) 10 (0.041) 138 (40) 36 (24) 16 (0.001)
Medical waste handler 58 (17) 20 (13) 4 (0.314) 58 (17) 30 (20) −3 (0.364)
Respondent's gender
Male 285 (82) 118 (78) 4 (0.240) 279 (80) 125 (83) 3 (0.376)
Female 62 (18) 34 (22) −4 70 (20) 25 (17) 3
Respondent's age
<20 15 (4) 14 (9) −5 (0.086) 15 (4) 7 (5) −1 (0.341)
20–30 136 (39) 48 (32) 7 144 (41) 47 (31) 10
31–40 103 (30) 39 (26) 4 97 (28) 51 (34) −6
41–50 58 (17) 30 (20) −3 45 (13) 26 (17) −4
51–60 22 (6) 16 (10) −4 32 (9) 13 (9) 0
>60 13 (4) 5 (3) 1 16 (5) 6 (4) 1
Respondent's age
Mean (±SD) 35 (12.18) 37 (13.37) −1.2 (0.242) 35 (12.23) 37 (12.39) 0 (0.112)
Respondent's religion
Islam 186 (54) 64 (42) 12 (0.014) 192 (55) 75 (50) 5 (0.530)
Hinduism 161 (46) 87 (57) −11 156 (45) 75 (50) −5
Other 0 (0) 1 (0.66) −1 1 (0.29) 0 (0) 0.3
Respondent's caste
Harijan/Dalit 123 (35) 85 (56) −21 (0.000) 139 (40) 74 (49) −9 (0.049)
Others 224 (65) 67 (44) 21 210 (60) 76 (51) 9
Respondent's Education
No formal education 50 (14) 31 (20) −6 (0.001) 64 (18) 19 (13) 5 (0.000)
Can sign only 128 (37) 30 (20) 17 129 (37) 77 (51) −14
1-8th class 150 (43) 76 (50) −7 146 (42) 38 (25) 17
Above 8th class 19 (5.48) 15 (9.87) −4 10 (2.87) 16 (11) −8
Household members
less or equal 2 members 9 (2) 10 (6) −4 (0.197) 12 (4) 7 (5) −1 (0.259)
3-5 members 202 (58) 83 (55) 3 210 (60) 98 (65) −5
6-7 members 89 (26) 38 (25) 1 81 (23) 34 (23) 0
More than 7 members 47 (14) 21 (14) 0 46 (13) 11 (7) 6
Accommodation
Government facilities 122 (35) 85 (56) −21(0.000) 126 (36) 53 (35) 1(0.000)
Non-Government facilities 3 (1) 1 (1) 0 10 (3) 0 (0) 3
Own facilities 68 (20) 42 (27) −7 67 (19) 56 (37) −18
Rent 153 (44) 21 (14) 30 128 (37) 40 (27) 10
Other 1 (0.29) 3 (2) −2 18 (5) 1 (1) 4
Monthly income (BDT)
Mean (±SD) 8881 (4847.83) 7179 (5918.91) −1071 (0.002) 7966 (4768.15) 7143 (4633.87) 134 (0.033)
Workers trained in occupational health safety 70 (20) 29 (19) 1 (0.778) 305 (87) 19 (13) 74 (0.000)
Workers trained on PPE use 51 (15) 21 (14) 1 (0.796) 305 (87) 3 (2) 85 (0.000)