Table 5.
Practice of Mask use at Workplaces among the slum and non-slum population, Greater Chennai Corporation, India, March 2021 (N = 238).
| Characteristics | >Slums (N = 132) | >Non-slums (N = 106) | >Total (N = 238) | p-value*(X2 test) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | Proportion (95% CI) | Frequency | Proportion (95% CI) | Frequency | Proportion (95% CI) | ||
| How often do you go to your workplace? | |||||||
| Daily | 121 | 91.6 (82.4–96.2) | 95 | 89.6 (80.6–94.7) | 216 | 90.7 (84.8–94.5) | 0.8315 |
| Once in two-three days | 7 | 05.3 (02.0–13.1) | 7 | 06.6 (02.7–15.0) | 14 | 05.8 (03.0–10.9) | |
| Once in a week | 2 | 01.5 (00.3–05.9) | 3 | 02.8 (00.9–08.4) | 5 | 02.1 (00.8–05.0) | |
| More than a week | 2 | 01.5 (00.3–06.1) | 1 | 00.9 (00.1–06.5) | 3 | 01.2 (00.3–03.9) | |
| Do you wear a face mask in your workplace? | |||||||
| Always | 70 | 53.0 (41.6–64.1) | 70 | 66.0 (47.4–80.7) | 140 | 58.8 (48.6–68.2) | 0.1402 |
| Most of the times | 26 | 19.7(11.8–30.8) | 23 | 21.7 (10.4–39.7) | 49 | 20.5 (13.3–30.3) | |
| Sometimes | 36 | 27.2 (19.5–36.6) | 13 | 12.2 (06.9–20.7) | 49 | 20.5 (14.9–27.6) | |
| Do you share your food while eating at the workplace? | |||||||
| Always | 18 | 13.6 (07.6–23.1) | 2 | 01.8 (00.4–07.2) | 20 | 08.4 (04.6–14.7) | 0.0581 |
| Most of the times | 13 | 09.8 (03.8–22.7) | 15 | 14.1 (06.8–27.1) | 28 | 11.7 (06.5–20.3) | |
| Sometimes | 101 | 76.5 (63.1–86.0) | 89 | 83.9 (72.1–91.3) | 190 | 79.8 (71.1–86.4) | |
| Is your temperature checked daily at your workplace? | |||||||
| Always | 28 | 21.2 (13.0–32.5) | 38 | 35.8 (23.7–50.1) | 66 | 27.7 (20.2–36.6) | 0.2128 |
| Most of the times | 15 | 11.3 (05.2–23.0) | 15 | 14.1 (05.1–33.5) | 30 | 12.6 (06.6–22.5) | |
| Sometimes | 89 | 67.4 (55.3–77.5) | 53 | 50.0 (35.6–64.3) | 142 | 59.6 (49.9–68.6) | |
| Is hand sanitizer available at your workplace? | |||||||
| Always | 51 | 38.6 (27.3–51.2) | 61 | 57.5 (42.0–71.6) | 112 | 47.0 (37.4–56.9) | 0.1693 |
| Most of the times | 19 | 14.3 (08.0–24.3) | 12 | 11.3 (05.1–23.2) | 31 | 13.0 (08.1–20.0) | |
| Sometimes | 62 | 46.9 (36.4–57.7) | 33 | 31.1 (20.1–44.7) | 95 | 39.9 (31.7–48.6) | |
| Does your workplace encourage self-reporting of symptoms? | |||||||
| Yes | 49 | 37.1 (25.7–50.1) | 47 | 44.3(30.9–58.6) | 96 | 40.3 (31.6–49.7) | 0.5111 |
| No | 52 | 39.3 (27.0–53.2) | 31 | 29.2 (18.4–43.1) | 83 | 34.8 (26.1–44.6) | |
| Not sure | 31 | 23.4 (13.4–37.7) | 28 | 26.4 (12.6–47.0) | 59 | 24.7 (15.8–36.6) | |
*P-Value <0.05 was considered statistical significant.