Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of study sample
From: Injury rate and risk factors among small-scale gold miners in Ghana
Characteristics | Injuries | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No n = 351(%) | Yes n = 143(%) | Total n = 494 (%) | P-value | ||
Age group | 0.003 | ||||
18–25 | 160 (45.6) | 51 (35.9) | 211 (42.7) | ||
26–35 | 112 (31.9) | 65 (45.8) | 177 (35.8) | ||
36–45 | 62 (17.7) | 14 (9.9) | 76 (15.4) | ||
≥ 46 | 17 (4.8) | 12 (8.5) | 29 (5.9) | ||
Missing | 1 | 1 | |||
Sex | 0.37 | ||||
Female | 19 (5.4) | 5 (3.5) | 24 (4.9) | ||
Male | 332 (94.6) | 138 (96.5) | 470 (95.1) | ||
Marital Status | 0.46 | ||||
Single | 196 (56.2) | 74 (52.5) | 270 | ||
Married | 153 (43.8) | 67 (47.5) | 220 | ||
Missing | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
Education level | 0.07 | ||||
Non-Educated | 27 (7.7) | 21 (14.7) | 48 (9.7) | ||
Primary | 65 (18.5) | 32 (22.4) | 97 (19.6) | ||
JSS/Middle | 165 (47.0) | 60 (42.0) | 225 (45.6) | ||
SSS | 89 (25.4) | 27 (18.9) | 116 (23.5) | ||
Tertiary | 5 (1.4) | 3 (2.1) | 8 (1.6) | ||
Mining experience (Years) | 0.39 | ||||
1–5 | 254 (74.7) | 101 (72.1) | 355 (74.0) | ||
6–10 | 68 (20.0) | 26 (18.6) | 94 (19.6) | ||
10–20 | 14 (4.1) | 11 (7.9) | 25 (5.2) | ||
21+ | 4 (1.2) | 2 (1.4) | 6 (1.3) | ||
Missing | 11 | 3 | 14 | ||
Work status | 0.61 | ||||
Employee | 135 (39.6) | 62 (44.3) | 197 (41.0) | ||
On-contract | 60 (17.6) | 24 (17.1) | 84 (17.5) | ||
Casual | 146 (42.9) | 54 (38.6) | 200 (41.6) | ||
Missing | 10 | 3 | 13 | ||
Work Department | 0.001 | ||||
Underground Mine | 15 (4.4) | 19 (13.3) | 34 (7.0) | ||
Surface Mine | 201 (58.3) | 64 (44.8) | 265 (54.3) | ||
Open Pit | 129 (37.4) | 60 (42.0) | 189 (38.7) | ||
Missing | 6 | 6 | |||