Table 6.
Respondents’ knowledge about occupational health and safety hazards in ASGM.
| Knowledge about occupational health hazards in ASGM | Kinds of Hazards |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| malaria and dengue fever | psychophysical impairment | Rock fall | shoulder disorder | Skin splashes with cyanide | ||||
| No | Frequency | 96 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 98 |
| Percentage | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0.0% | 7.1% | 39.2% | |
| Yes | Frequency | 0 | 18 | 22 | 89 | 10 | 13 | 152 |
| Percentage | 0.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 98.9% | 100.0% | 92.9% | 60.8% | |
| Total | Frequency | 96 | 18 | 22 | 90 | 10 | 14 | 250 |
| Percentage | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| Test | Value | df | P-Value | |||||
| Pearson Chi-Square (χ2) | 241.955 | 5 | 0.000 | |||||
| Likelihood Ratio (LR) | 316.624 | 5 | 0.000 | |||||