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Table 1 Distribution of demographic and diagnostic characteristics of workers by working department in the integrated textile factories 2016–2017

From: Registered health problems and demographic profile of integrated textile factory workers in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Category

Working Department

Overall

Textile

Garment

Support

AM, SD (Range)

AM, SD (Range)

AM, SD (Range)

AM, SD (Range)

Age, Years

40, 12 (18–69)

38, 8 (21–67)

44, 12 (21–69)

40, 10 (18–69)

Service year, Years

13, 12 (1–44)

9, 8 (1–46)

13, 11 (1–44)

11, 10 (1–46)

  

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Sex

Male

1847 (58)

461 (13)

919 (71)

3214 (40)

Female

1322 (42)

3060 (87)

383 (29)

4778 (60)

Education

Read and Write

246 (8)

171 (5)

138 (11)

555 (7)

Grade 10 and below

1344 (42)

2436 (69)

406 (31)

4188 (52)

College and above

1579 (50)

914 (26)

758 (58)

3249 (41)

Worker health status

Diagnosed

2224 (70)

2284 (65)

768 (59)

5276 (66)

Not diagnosed

945 (30)

1237 (35)

534 (41)

2716 (34)

Factory

Factory #1

930 (29)

344 (10)

271 (21)

1545 (19)

Factory #2

778 (25)

326 (9)

276 (21)

1380 (17)

Factory #3

1461 (46)

2851 (81)

755 (58)

5067 (63)

  1. AM Arithmetic mean, SD Standard deviation