Table 2.
Associated factors with respiratory symptoms among waste collectors (N=290).
| Respiratory symptoms | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Yes (N=60) No. (%) | No (N=230) No. (%) | X2 (df) | t-test (df) | p-value | ||
| Age | 39.05 (9.024)a | 39.84 (8.752)a | - | 0.621 (288) | 0.535 | ||
| Education level | |||||||
| Without education or Primary school | 13 (26.5%) | 36 (73.5%) | 1.226 (1) | - | 0.268 | ||
| Secondary school and above | 47 (19.5%) | 194 (80.5%) | - | - | |||
| Income (USD) | 381.47 (175.92) | 387.62 (159.66) | 0.260 (288) | 0.795 | |||
| Smoking | |||||||
| Yes | 26 (21.8%) | 93 (78.2%) | 0.165 (1) | - | 0.684 | ||
| No | 34 (19.9%) | 137 (80.1%) | - | - | - | ||
| Expose to natural water | |||||||
| Yes | 5 (45.5%) | 6 (54.5%) | 0.054b | - | - | ||
| No | 55 (19.7%) | 224 (80.3%) | - | - | - | ||
| Underlying chronic disease | |||||||
| Yes | 12 (35.3%) | 22 (64.7%) | 5.006 (1) | - | 0.025 | ||
| No | 48 (18.8%) | 208 (81.3%) | - | - | - | ||
| Contact with pets | |||||||
| Yes | 35 (27.3%) | 93 (72.7%) | 6.183 (1) | - | 0.013 | ||
| No | 25 (15.4%) | 137 (84.6%) | - | - | - | ||
| Duration of service | 10.97 (9.130)a | 11.06 (9.03)a | - | 0.068 (288) | 0.945 | ||
| Job task category | |||||||
| Non-driver | 43 (19.3%) | 180 (80.7%) | 1.165 (1) | - | 0.280 | ||
| Driver | 17 (25.4%) | 50 (74.6%) | - | - | |||
aMean(SD); bFisher’s Exact Test