Table 3.
General health perception, work-related injury or illness experience and consequences among cleaning workers (N = 183)
| Variable | Asian (n = 120) |
Hispanic (n = 37) |
Othera (n = 26) |
p-valueb | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| General health | 0.009 | ||||||
| Excellent | 12 | 10.0 | 11 | 29.7 | 6 | 23.1 | |
| Very good | 42 | 35.0 | 15 | 40.5 | 13 | 50.0 | |
| Good | 46 | 38.3 | 9 | 24.3 | 7 | 26.9 | |
| Fair | 19 | 15.8 | 2 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Poor | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Work-related injury or illness in the past year (yes) | 22 | 18.3 | 6 | 13.2 | 6 | 23.1 | 0.783 |
| Saw a health care provider (yes) | 14 | 11.7 | 4 | 10.8 | 6 | 23.1 | 0.293 |
| Missed work (yes) | 6 | 5.0 | 3 | 8.1 | 5 | 19.2 | 0.030 |
| Reported to the supervisor (yes) | 14 | 11.7 | 5 | 13.5 | 6 | 23.1 | 0.212 |
| Chemical-related irritation symptoms in the past year (yes) | 66 | 55.5 | 24 | 64.9 | 13 | 48.2 | 0.333 |
| Saw a health care provider (yes) | 18 | 15.0 | 13 | 35.1 | 4 | 15.4 | 0.057 |
| Missed work (yes) | 6 | 5.0 | 6 | 16.2 | 3 | 11.5 | 0.075 |
| Reported to the supervisor (yes)c | 10 | 8.3 | 13 | 35.1 | 4 | 15.4 | 0.001 |
Bold indicates significant p < 0.05
aBlack (n = 22), White (n = 1), and unknown (n = 6)
bChi-square tests or Fisher’s exact tests were performed
cAmong 66 Asian workers, two were excluded due to missing data