Table 1 Descriptive statistics for 472 male painters and 462 male carpenters, Trade Union for Construction Workers, Netherlands, 2001.
| Characteristic | Job title at data collection | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Painter | Carpenter | Total | ||||
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
| Number of subjects | 472 | (100) | 462 | (100) | 934 | (100) |
| Year of birth | ||||||
| Before 1955 | 136 | (28.8) | 103 | (22.3) | 239 | (25.6) |
| 1955–64 | 220 | (46.6) | 192 | (41.6) | 412 | (44.1) |
| 1965 or later | 116 | (24.6) | 167 | (36.1) | 283 | (30.3) |
| Pregnancy history | ||||||
| Children | 452 | (95.8) | 440 | (95.2) | 892 | (95.5) |
| No children, wife currently pregnant | 10 | (2.1) | 12 | (2.6) | 22 | (2.4) |
| No children, wife ever pregnant | 10 | (2.1) | 10 | (2.2) | 20 | (2.1) |
| Year of last pregnancy | ||||||
| Before 1985 | 114 | (24.2) | 88 | (19.0) | 202 | (21.6) |
| 1985–94 | 185 | (39.2) | 149 | (32.3) | 334 | (35.8) |
| 1995 or later | 164 | (34.7) | 216 | (46.8) | 380 | (40.7) |
| Unknown | 9 | (1.9) | 9 | (1.9) | 18 | (1.9) |
| Job title and exposure status* three months before pregnancy | ||||||
| Painter, exposed | 397 | (84.1) | 1 | (0.2) | 398 | (42.6) |
| Painter, not exposed | 13 | (2.8) | – | – | 13 | (1.4) |
| Painter, exposure unknown | 3 | (0.6) | – | – | 3 | (0.3) |
| Carpenter, exposed | 2 | (0.4) | 82 | (17.7) | 84 | (9.0) |
| Carpenter, not exposed | 8 | (1.7) | 294 | (63.6) | 302 | (32.3) |
| Carpenter, exposure unknown | – | – | 1 | (0.2) | 1 | (0.1) |
| Other | 35 | (7.4) | 64 | (13.9) | 99 | (10.6) |
| Unknown | 14 | (3.0) | 20 | (4.3) | 34 | (3.6) |
*Exposure to paints, thinners, or cleansers.