Underground Coal Mining: Relationship between Coal Dust Levels and Pneumoconiosis, in Two Regions of Colombia, 2014

Table 2

Distribution of sociodemographic characteristics by department.

	Cundinamarca		Boyacá		Total
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Age group
20–29	10	4.7	35	15.1	45	10.1
30–39	49	22.8	71	30.6	120	26.8
40–49	73	34.0	75	32.4	148	33.1
50–59	70	32.5	43	18.5	113	25.3
60 or more	13	6.0	8	3.4	21	4.7
Total	215	100.0	232	100.0	447	100.0
Place of residence
Rural	111	51.6	167	72.0	278	62.2
Urban	104	48.4	65	28.0	169	37.8
Total	215	100.0	232	100.0	447	100.0
Socioeconomic strata
1	8	3.7	56	24.6	64	14.4
2	125	58.1	117	51.3	242	54.6
3	68	31.6	51	22.4	119	26.9
4	12	5.6	3	1.3	15	3.4
5	2	0.9	1	0.4	3	0.7
Total	215	99.9		100.0		100.0
Educational level
None	4	1.9	2	0.9	6	1.3
Incomplete elementary	83	38.6	77	33.2	160	35.8
Complete elementary	79	36.7	87	37.5	166	37.2
Incomplete secondary	29	13.5	32	13.8	61	13.6
Complete secondary	17	7.9	29	12.5	46	10.4
Incomplete technical training	0	0.0	1	0.4	1	0.2
Complete technical degree	1	0.5	4	1.7	5	1.1
Complete college	2	0.9	0	0.0	2	0.4
Total	215	100.0	232	100.0	447	100.0
Marital status
Single	26	12.1	32	13.8	58	13.0
Married	81	37.7	100	43.1	181	40.5
Living together	93	43.3	86	37.1	179	40.0
Separated	12	5.5	13	5.6	25	5.6
Widowed	3	1.4	1	0.4	4	0.9
Total	215	100.0	232	100.0	447	100.0

The “” means that 4 people didn’t answer the question about socioeconomic strata.