Table 1 Demographic characteristics and daily life habits of the study participants (n = 338)
From: Factors associated with self-rated health among mineworkers in Zambia: a cross-sectional study
Regular employees (n = 213) | Contract employees (n = 125) | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||||
n | % | n | % | ||
Age (years) | 39.4 (8.1) | 36.1 (9.0) | 0.001a | ||
Educational status | |||||
Did not complete high school | 22 | 10.5 | 20 | 16.0 | 0.523b |
Completed high school | 102 | 48.6 | 53 | 42.4 | |
Completed college/university | 86 | 41.0 | 52 | 41.6 | |
Religion | |||||
Roman Catholic | 55 | 26.6 | 35 | 28.5 | 0.280 |
Protestant/other Christian | 138 | 66.7 | 74 | 60.2 | |
Muslim/others | 14 | 6.8 | 14 | 11.4 | |
Marital status | |||||
Single/not living with a partner | 18 | 8.6 | 45 | 36.6 | < 0.001 |
Married/living with a partner | 192 | 91.4 | 79 | 63.7 | |
Smoking | |||||
No | 199 | 93.9 | 112 | 90.3 | 0.232 |
Yes | 13 | 6.1 | 12 | 9.7 | |
Alcohol consumption | |||||
No | 115 | 55.0 | 54 | 43.5 | 0.043 |
Yes | 94 | 45.0 | 70 | 56.5 | |
Playing sports as leisure/exercise | |||||
No | 34 | 16.1 | 26 | 20.8 | 0.278 |
Yes | 177 | 83.9 | 99 | 79.2 | |