Research Article
Determinants of Exposures to Hazardous Materials among Nail Cosmeticians in the Kampala City, Uganda
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of participants.
| Characteristics of participants () | Frequency (%) |
| Age (years) | | 18–34 | 225 (92.6) | 35–60 | 18 (7.4) |
| Sex | | Male | 194 (79.8) | Female | 49 (20.2) |
| Marital status | | Single | 157 (64.6) | Married/cohabiting | 86 (35.4) |
| Level of education | | Primary | 100 (41.1) | Secondary and above | 143 (58.9) |
| Religion | | Christians | 202 (83.1) | Muslim | 41 (16.9) |
| Duration in nail cosmetics business | | Two years or less | 90 (37.0) | More than two years | 153 (63.0) |
| Salon registered | | Yes | 114 (46.9) | No | 129 (53.1) |
| Ever received training on safety of handling hazardous chemicals | | Yes | 88 (37.0) | No | 150 (63.0) |
| Average number of nail cosmetics types used | | Five or less | 136 (56.0) | Over five | 107 (44.0) |
| Nail technician belongs to city beauty operators association | | Yes | 21 (9.0) | No | 221 (90.9) |
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