Table 5. Workers' ratings of their likelihood of working with specific symptomsa.
| No. (%) of workers reporting: | ||
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| Symptom | Not likely | Very likely |
| Repeated episodes of vomiting (N = 486) | 475 (97.7) | 11 (2.3) |
| Jaundice with yellow eyes or skin (N = 440) | 427 (97.0) | 13 (2.9) |
| Repeated episodes of diarrhea (N = 486) | 458 (94.2) | 28 (5.8) |
| Sore throat and fever (N = 486) | 403 (82.9) | 83 (17.1) |
| Frequent cough (N = 483) | 302 (62.5) | 181 (37.5) |
a
The 5-point rating scale responses were dichotomized into two groups. Responses of 1, 2, and 3 were grouped as “not likely” and responses of 4 and 5 were grouped as “very likely.”