Awareness of Occupational Hazards and Utilization of Safety Measures among Welders in Aksum and Adwa Towns, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, 2013

Table 1

Distribution of sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents, Axum and Adwa welding workers, September 2013 ().

Variable	Number	Percent
Age
Less than 20 years	62	23.8
20–24 years	63	24.2
25–29 years	87	33.5
Greater than 29 years	48	18.5
Educational status
Primary school	49	18.8
Secondary school	183	70.4
Certificate and above	28	10.8
Work type
Metal work	129	49.6
Wood work	131	50.4
Profession
Welding related	7	2.7
Nonrelated	253	97.3
Work experience
<1 year	38	14.6
1–5 years	110	42.3
>5 years	112	43.1