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. 2015 Sep 11;5:14074. doi: 10.1038/srep14074

Table 1. Demographic data and reported sleep disturbances from rubber tappers with and without electric light at home in Phase 1 (n = 340) and Phase 2 (n = 42) of the study.

Variables Categories Phase 1
Phase 2
Electric light
No electric light
p Electric light
No electric light
p
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Gender Female 8 (8.3) 21 (8.6)   1 (5.9) 0 (0)  
  Male 89 (91.7) 222 (91.4) 0.91a 16 (94.1) 25 (100) 0.40b
Civil status With partner 78 (80.4) 170 (70)   16 (94.1) 20 (80)  
  Without partner 19 (19.6) 73 (30) 0.05a 1 (5.9) 5 (20) 0.37b
Education level Illiterate 23 (23.7) 70 (28.8)   2 (11.8) 5 (20)  
  Primary school 67 (69.1) 166 (68.3)   12 (70.6) 18 (72)  
  High school 7 (7.2) 7 (2.9) 0.15a 3 (17.6) 2 (8) 0.55b
Birthplace Extractive Reserve 79 (81.5) 187 (77)   15 (88.2) 18 (72)  
  Other places in Acre 14 (14.4) 42 (17.3)   2 (11.8) 6 (24)  
  Other states in Brazil 4 (4.1) 14 (5.7) 0.65a 0 (0) 1 (4) 0.54b
Smoking No 47 (48.5) 124 (51)   6 (35.3) 12 (48)  
  Yes 50 (51.5) 119 (49) 0.67a 11 (64.7) 13 (52) 0.41a
cSleep quality problems No 86 (88.7) 223 (91.8)   15 (88.2) 23 (92)  
  Yes 11 (11.3) 20 (8.2) 0.37a 2 (11.8) 2 (8) 0.65b
cAwakening problems No 93 (95.9) 237 (97.5)   16 (94.1) 24 (96)  
  Yes 4 (4.1) 6 (2.5) 0.42a 1 (5.9) 1 (4) 0.78b
cSleepiness No 91 (93.8) 215 (88.5)   17 (100) 25 (100)  
  Yes 6 (6.2) 28 (11.5) 0.14a

aChi-square test.

bFisher Exact Test.

cKarolinska Sleep Questionnaire.