Health Issues of Primary School Students Residing in Proximity of an Oil Terminal with Environmental Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds

Table 1

Distribution of children by gender, age, smoking habits, and house information.

Characteristic	Industrial area (A)		Control area (B)			value
		%		%
Gender					1.17	0.279
(i) Male	83	55.0	126	49.4
(ii) Female	69	45.0	129	50.6
Age					11.72	0.020
(i) 6	3	2.0	10	3.9
(ii) 7	15	9.9	56	22.0
(iii) 8	38	25.0	58	22.7
(iv) 9	48	31.6	67	26.3
(v) 10	48	31.6	64	25.1
Smoke in family					0.67	0.412
(i) No	117	77.0	205	80.4
(ii) Yes	35	23.0	50	19.6
Humidity/mould					3.25	0.071
(i) No	125	82.8	190	75.1
(ii) Yes	26	17.2	63	24.9
Allergies					0.03	0.857
(i) No	128	84.2	213	83.5
(ii) Yes	24	15.8	42	16.5
Years of residence					0.01	0.936
(i) ≤2	15	10.1	26	10.3
(ii) >2	134	89.9	226	89.7
Floor of residence					6.53	0.011
(i) <3	65	43.0	140	56.2
(ii) ≥3	86	57.0	109	43.8
Total	152		255

For some characteristics, values do not add up to the total because of missing values.