Table 4 Behavioural Factors and Injury Prevalence among Construction Workers in Kampala, Uganda
From: Determinants of occupational injuries among building construction workers in Kampala City, Uganda
Variables | Injury | |
|---|---|---|
Yes n (%) | No n (%) | |
Alcohol Drinking | ||
 No | 76 (33.63) | 150 (66.37) |
 Yes | 27 (29.35) | 65 (70.65) |
Type of alcohol taken | ||
 Local | 21 (27.71) | 56 (72.73) |
 Packaged | 2 (33.33) | 4 (66.67) |
Drink alcohol before work | ||
 No | 17 (28.81) | 42 (71.19) |
 Yes | 8 (27.59) | 21 (72.41) |
Drink alcohol at work | ||
 No | 20 (34.48) | 38 (65.52) |
 Yes | 5 (19.23) | 21 (80.77) |
Khat Chewing | ||
 No | 95 (33.33) | 190 (66.67) |
 Yes | 8 (24.24) | 25 (75.76) |
Chew khat before going to work | ||
 No | 6 (30.0) | 14 (70.00) |
 Yes | 3 (37.5) | 5 (62.50) |
Chew khat at work | ||
 No | 6 (37.5) | 10 (62.50) |
 Yes | 3 (25.0) | 9 (75.00) |
Cigarette Smoking | ||
 No | 91 (32.73) | 187 (67.27) |
 Yes | 12 (30.00) | 28 (70.00) |
Kind of cigarettes smoked | ||
 Industrial | 8 (36.36) | 14 (63.64) |
 Local | 3 (23.08) | 10 (76.92) |
Sleeping disorder | ||
 No | 63 (65.63) | 152 (68.47) |
 Yes | 33 (34.38) | 70 (31.53) |
Job dissatisfaction | ||
 No | 36 (46.75) | 174 (72.20) |
 Yes | 67 (27.80) | 41 (53.25) |
Job stress | ||
 No | 35 (22.88) | 97 (58.79) |
 Yes | 68 (41.21) | 118 (77.12) |
Risk taking behaviour | ||
 No | 71 (29.83) | 167 (70.17) |
 Yes | 32 (40.00) | 48 (60.00) |
Use of PPE | ||
 Always | 36 (34.62) | 68 (65.38) |
 Sometimes | 52 (35.37) | 95 (64.63) |
 Never | 15 (22.39) | 52 (77.61) |