Prevalence and Determinants of Occupational Injuries among Solid Waste Collectors of Zoomlion Ghana Limited

Table 4

Prevalence of occupational injuries in the past 6 Months by sociodemographic factors among solid waste collectors.

Variable	Occupational injures		χ^2	-value
	No (n = 280)	Yes (n = 78)
	n (%)	n (%)
Sex
Male	24 (8.57)	17 (21.79)	10.5192	0.001
Female	256 (91.43)	61 (78.20)
Age groups
≤30	12 (4.26)	2 (2.56)	0.4812	0.488
>30	268 (95.71)	76 (97.44)
Marital status
Single	64 (22.86)	17 (21.79)	1.6055	0.808
Married	127 (45.36)	33 (42.31)
Divorced	35 (12.50)	8 (10.27)
Widow/widower	46 (16.43)	17 (21.78)
Separated	8 (2.86)	3 (3.85)
Education level
No formal education	48 (17.14)	14 (17.95)	1.784	0.881
Primary	71 (25.36)	23 (29.49)
Junior high school	129 (46.07)	33 (42.31)
Senior high school	30 (10.71)	8 (10.27)
Tertiary	2 (0.7)	0 (0.00)

Notes. —significant,  < 0.05; —significant,  < 0.01; N = 358.