Table 1.
Characteristics of Workers and Non-Workers, GuLF STUDY Home Visit Participants, n (%)
| Workers (N=8,968) |
Non-Workers (N=2,225) |
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| Characteristic | N | % | N | % |
| Age 60+ years | 948 | (11) | 368 | (17) |
| Age at enrollment -- Mean (SD) | 43 | (13) | 47 | (13) |
| Female sex | 1,794 | (20) | 647 | (29) |
| Race | ||||
| White | 4,911 | (55) | 1,195 | (54) |
| Black | 3,125 | (35) | 756 | (34) |
| Asian | 47 | (1) | 29 | (1) |
| Other | 596 | (7) | 154 | (7) |
| Other / Multi-racial | 259 | (3) | 74 | (3) |
| Income | ||||
| ≤ $20,000 | 3,266 | (39) | 899 | (44) |
| $20,001 to $50,000 | 2,829 | (34) | 632 | (31) |
| > $50,000 | 2,260 | (27) | 511 | (25) |
| Unemployed at time of home visit | 3,818 | (44) | 980 | (45) |
| Separated or divorced or widowed | 2,063 | (23) | 547 | (25) |
| More worried about paying bills since spill | 4,837 | (54) | 1,165 | (53) |
| Pre-existing mental health condition | 1,564 | (18) | 503 | (23) |
| Displaced by Hurricane Isaac or Katrina | 1,978 | (23) | 493 | (23) |
| Other oil industry experience | 1,507 | (17) | 367 | (17) |
| Duration of spill work in days -- Mean (SD) | 145 | (145) | - | - |
| Skin/clothing exposed to oil, tar, oily water | 5,466 | (63) | - | - |
| Smelled oil, dispersants, or cleaning chemicals | 4,722 | (56) | - | - |
| Ever had to stop working because of heat | 3,632 | (43) | - | - |
| Job involved oily wildlife, plants, animals | 3,425 | (39) | - | - |
| Body/clothing ever became wet with chemicals | 2,696 | (31) | - | - |
| Any self-reported work with dispersants | 1,156 | (14) | - | - |
| Worked as a commercial fisherman | 1,498 | (17) | ||
| Maximum overall TH exposure | - | - | ||
| ≤ 0·29 ppm | 1,320 | (15) | - | - |
| 0·3 – 0·99 ppm | 3,284 | (37) | - | - |
| 1·00 – 2·99 ppm | 2,994 | (34) | - | - |
| ≥ 3·0 ppm | 1,331 | (15) | ||
| Worker job type | - | - | ||
| Response work | 1,680 | (19) | - | - |
| Operations work | 1,888 | (21) | - | - |
| Clean-up on water work | 1,319 | (15) | - | - |
| Decontamination work | 1,794 | (20) | - | - |
| Clean-up on land work | 1,462 | (16) | - | - |
| Support work | 825 | (9) | ||
| Exposure to burning/flaring | 823 | (9) | - | - |