Table 1.

Demographics and self reported health status (N = 57 subjects).

Variable	N	Mean	SD
Age (years)	57	25.8	7.9
Daily work duration (hours)	53	10.5	2.2
Work experience (years)	53	5.8	3.9
Daily income (GHS)	57	2.3	1.4
Duration lived at Agbogbloshie (years)	57	6	4.2
PSS score	53	25	5.2
	Category	N	%
Sleep near Agbogbloshie		56	98.2
Marital status	Single	22	38.6
	Married	32	56.1
	Divorced/Separated	3	5.3
Education	None	31	54.4
	Primary	11	19.3
	Middle/JSS	12	21.1
	Secondary/SSS	3	5.3
Experience tinnitus	Never	13	22.8
	Almost never	5	8.8
	Sometimes	21	36.8
	Fairly often	4	7.0
	Very often	14	24.6
Experience exhaustion after work	Sometimes	4	7.0
	Almost always	21	36.8
	Always	31	54.4
Experienced shortness of breath or difficulty in breathing in last two weeks	Never	21	36.8
	Almost never	6	10.5
	Sometimes	21	36.8
	Almost always	5	8.8
	Always	4	7.0
Experienced dizziness over the last two weeks?	Never	15	26.3
	Almost never	6	10.5
	Sometimes	25	43.9
	Almost always	7	12.3
	Always	4	7.0
Experienced heart beating abnormally over the last two weeks?	Never	10	17.5
	Almost never	4	7.0
	Sometimes	26	45.6
	Almost always	9	15.8
	Always	8	14.0
Diagnosed with high blood pressure		7	12.3
On medication		1	1.8
Experience difficulties hearing		15	26.3
Diagnosed with hearing loss?		2	3.5