Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of street sweepers and office cleaners in the study of dry eye disease amongst outdoor street sweepers and indoor office cleaners
| Variables | Street Sweepers (n = 115) Freq. (%) |
Office Cleaners (n = 115) Freq. (%) |
Total (N = 230) Freq. (%) |
p- value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | |||||
| < =20 | 1 (0.9) | 1 (0.9) | 2 (0.9) | 0.267 | |
| 21–30 | 14 (12.2) | 21 (18.3) | 35 (15.2) | ||
| 31–40 | 44 (38.3) | 37 (32.2) | 81 (35.2) | ||
| 41–50 | 34 (29.6) | 38 (33.0) | 72 (31.3) | ||
| 51–60 | 19 (16.5) | 18 (15.7) | 37 (16.0) | ||
| > 60 | 3 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.3) | ||
| Mean Age ± SD | 41.78 ± 10.39 | 40.26 ± 9.46 |
40.96 ± 9.8 ±10.8 |
0.155 | |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 3 (2.6) | 12 (10.4) | 15 (6.5) | 0.016* | |
| Female | 112 (97.4) | 103 (89.6) | 215 (93.5) | ||
| Level of education | |||||
| None | 3 (2.6) | 1 (0.9) | 4 (1.7) | < 0.047* | |
| Primary | 40 (34.8) | 29 (25.2) | 69 (30.0) | ||
| Secondary | 57 (49.6) | 55 (47.8) | 112 (48.7 | ||
| Tertiary | 15 (13.0) | 30 (26.1) | 45 (19.6) | ||
| Duration of years on the job | |||||
| 1–5 years | 46 (40.0) | 45 (39.1) | 93 (38.60) | < 0.001* | |
| 6–10 years | 31 (27.0 | 32 (27.8) | 69 (28.6) | ||
| 11–15 years | 24 (20.9) | 9 (7.8) | 35 (14.5) | ||
| 16–20 years | 13 (11.3) | 10 (8.7) | 25 (10.0) | ||
| 21–25 years | 0 (0) | 5 (4.3) | |||
| 26-30 years | 1 (0.9) | 9 (7.8) | |||
| > 30 years | 0 (0.0) | 5 (4.3) | 21 (8.3) | ||