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Table 1 Characteristics of survey participants by wave

From: Symptoms related to new flight attendant uniforms

Survey Year

2007

2013

2015

Total

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

N

684

117

249

1050

Age (n = 1039)

 18–24 years old

11 (2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

11 (1)

 25–34 years old

109 (15)

2 (2)

3 (1)

114 (11)

 35–44 years old

195 (29)

11 (10)

28 (11)

234 (23)

 45–54 years old

258 (38)

41 (37)

95 (39)

394 (38)

 55–64 years old

105 (15)

43 (39)

95 (39)

243 (23)

 65–74 years old

4 (1)

13 (12)

24 (10)

41 (4)

 75 years or older

1 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0)

2 (0)

Gender (n = 1046)

 Female

573 (84)

98 (84)

203 (83)

874 (84)

 Male

111 (16)

18 (16)

43 (17)

172 (16)

Overweight (n = 904)

 No

607 (91)

.

155 (68)

772 (85)

 Yes

59 (9)

.

73 (32)

132 (15)

Current Smoker (n = 1020)

 No

662 (97)

103 (99)

226 (97)

991 (97)

 Yes

22 (3)

1 (1)

6 (3)

29 (3)

Past Smoker (n = 1017)

 No

504 (74)

86 (83)

189 (83)

779 (77)

 Yes

180 (26)

18 (17)

40 (17)

238 (23)

Tenure (n = 863)

 < 6 years

159 (25)

.

3 (1)

162 (19)

 6–10 years

130 (21)

.

27 (11)

157 (18)

 11–15 years

47 (8)

.

36 (15)

83 (10)

 16–20 years

102 (16)

.

27 (12)

129 (15)

  > 20 years

190 (30)

.

142 (61)

332 (38)

Education (n = 1009)

 High school graduate

39 (6)

6 (6)

15 (7)

60 (6)

 GED

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (1)

3 (0)

 Some college, no degree

279 (41)

40 (38)

89 (39)

408 (40)

 Two-year college degree

114 (16)

17 (16)

34 (15)

165 (16)

 Four-year college degree

215 (32)

35 (34)

74 (33)

324 (33)

 Graduate education

32 (5)

6 (6)

11 (5)

49 (5)