Table 3 Health conditions and health- and safety-related conditions in the workplace (n = 330)
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | ||
Self-rated health | |||||
Average/bad | 58 | 27.9 | 31 | 25.4 | 0.625 |
Very good/good | 150 | 72.1 | 91 | 74.6 | |
Availability of health check-ups by the company | |||||
No | 24 | 11.8 | 22 | 18.2 | 0.113 |
Yes | 179 | 88.2 | 99 | 81.8 | |
Received a health check-up in the last year | |||||
No | 25 | 12.0 | 13 | 10.7 | 0.078 |
Yes, by the company | 168 | 80.4 | 90 | 73.8 | |
Yes, by self-provision | 16 | 7.7 | 19 | 15.6 | |
Occurrence of a health problem/concern | |||||
No | 130 | 66.7 | 74 | 63.2 | 0.539 |
Yes | 65 | 33.3 | 43 | 36.8 | |
Experienced an accident in the workplace | |||||
No | 129 | 65.5 | 77 | 65.8 | 0.953 |
Yes | 68 | 34.5 | 40 | 34.2 | |
Experienced violence from the boss | |||||
No | 99 | 50.8 | 53 | 46.9 | 0.513 |
Yes | 96 | 49.2 | 60 | 53.1 | |
Experienced violence from colleagues | |||||
No | 142 | 72.8 | 78 | 69.6 | 0.552 |
Yes | 53 | 27.2 | 34 | 30.4 | |
Supervision in the workplace | |||||
No | 41 | 19.7 | 16 | 13.3 | 0.142 |
Yes | 167 | 80.3 | 104 | 86.7 | |
Self-evaluation of safety of the workplace | |||||
Not safe | 63 | 31.0 | 30 | 25.0 | 0.247 |
Safe | 140 | 69.0 | 90 | 75.0 | |