Table 2.
Socio-demographic characteristics of waste and sanitation workers.
| Indicators | Baseline |
Endline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |