Occupational Injury and Its Correlated Factors among Small-Scale Industry Workers in Towns of Bale Zone, Southeast Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the small-scale industry workers in towns of Bale Zone, Oromia Regional State, Southeast Ethiopia, March to April 2016.

Variables	Frequency (N = 574)	Percent (%)
Industry owner
Private	341	59.4
Enterprise	233	40.6
Type of industries
Woodwork	253	44.1
Metalwork	114	19.9
Concrete—construction	131	22.8
Wood and metalwork	76	13.2
Sex
Male	548	95.5
Female	26	4.5
Marital status
Married	219	38.2
Single	346	60.3
Divorced	9	1.6
Religion
Orthodox	398	69.3
Muslim	125	21.8
Protestant	45	7.8
Other	6	1.0
Ethnicity
Oromo	383	66.7
Amhara	159	27.7
Tigre	5	0.9
Other	27	4.7
Educational status
Unable to read and write	15	2.6
Primary school	162	28.2
Secondary school	282	49.1
Certificate and above	115	20.0