Table 2 Table showing work history of men working at brick kilns at Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Work history | P value statistics | ||||
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Parameters | Control | Workers | |||
Income (PKR/month) | n | Percentage | n | Percentage | |
< 10,000 | 74 | 36.4 | 52 | 15.0 | P = 0.000 |
10,000–15,000 | 18 | 9.09 | 178 | 51.5 | P = 0.002 |
16,000–20,000 | 18 | 9.09 | 98 | 28.3 | P = 0.000 |
20,000 + | 90 | 45.5 | 18 | 5.20 | P = 0.000 |
Work type | |||||
Carriage and placement | 0 | 0.000 | 88 | 25.4 | P = 0.500 |
Bakers | 0 | 0.000 | 78 | 22.5 | P = 0.500 |
Molders | 0 | 0.000 | 124 | 35.8 | P = 0.500 |
Non-workers | 26 | 13.0 | 8 | 2.31 | P = 0.310 |
Others | 174 | 87.0 | 48 | 13.8 | P = 0.329 |
Years of living (years) | |||||
< 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 94 | 27.1 | P = 0.500 |
1–5 | 68 | 34.0 | 96 | 27.7 | P = 0.035 |
6–10 | 30 | 15.0 | 52 | 15.0 | P = 0.000 |
11–20 | 24 | 12.0 | 56 | 16.1 | P = 0.000 |
20 + | 78 | 39.0 | 48 | 13.8 | P = 0.002 |
Work duration (years) | |||||
1–5 | NA | NA | 56 | 16.1 | P = 0.003 |
6–10 | NA | NA | 72 | 20.8 | P = 0.000 |
11–20 | NA | NA | 108 | 31.2 | P = 0.814 |
20 + | NA | NA | 110 | 31.8 | P = 0.446 |
Exposure time (hr/day) | |||||
< 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 4 | 1.2 | P = 0.016 |
1–5 | 104 | 52.0 | 24 | 6.9 | P = 0.000 |
6–10 | 66 | 33.0 | 132 | 38.1 | P = 0.168 |
11–15 | 30 | 15.0 | 178 | 51.4 | P = 0.000 |
15 + | 0 | 0.000 | 8 | 2.31 | P = 0.002 |