Table 4.
The most used Personal Protective Equipment vs. the use of Personal Protective Equipment in the Artisanal Small-scale gold mining.
| Variable | Occurrence of accident | Test | Value | df | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of PPE | No | Yes | Total | Pearson Chi-Square (X2) | 238.539 | 6 | 0.000 |
| 155 | 3 | 158 | Likelihood Ratio (LR) | 304.234 | 6 | 0.000 | |
| Boots | 0 | 42 | 42 | ||||
| Ear plug | 0 | 13 | 13 | ||||
| Goggles | 0 | 11 | 11 | ||||
| Hand gloves | 0 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| Helmet | 0 | 11 | 11 | ||||
| Overall coat | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 155 | 96 | 251 | ||||
| Importance of PPE | |||||||
| Important | 29 | 11 | 40 | Pearson Chi-Square (X2) | 5.177 | 3 | 0.159 |
| Less important | 67 | 36 | 103 | Likelihood Ratio (LR) | 5.211 | 3 | 0.157 |
| Not Important | 35 | 32 | 67 | ||||
| Very important | 24 | 17 | 41 | ||||
| Total | 155 | 96 | 251 | ||||