Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of leather tannery workers of Karachi, Pakistan from August 2003 to March 2004 (n = 641*)
| Variables | n (%) |
| Marital status | |
| Currently married | 329 (51.3) |
| Currently unmarried | 312 (48.7) |
| Completed years of formal education | |
| 0 years | 264 (41.2) |
| 1 – 5 years | 131 (20.4) |
| 6 – 10 years | 224 (34.9) |
| 11 years or more | 22 (3.4) |
| Monthly income | |
| Did not reveal | 30 (4.7) |
| 1000–3000 | 206 (32.1) |
| 3001–5000 | 312 (48.7) |
| 5001+ | 93 (14.5) |
| Type of job contract | |
| Daily wages | 491 (77.1) |
| Permanent | 146 (22.9) |
* The total for some of the variables does not add up to 641 due to missing values