Building Construction Artisans’ Level of Access to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and the Perceived Barriers and Motivating Factors of Adherence to Its Use

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of study participants.

	Number	%
Gender
Male	173	100.0
Level of education
Below primary	19	11.0
Primary	24	14.0
JHS	64	37.0
Secondary/technical/vocational	64	37.0
Tertiary	1	0.6
Age group of participants
18–20	3	1.7
21–30	46	26.6
31–40	79	45.7
41–50	36	20.8
52–60	5	2.9
>60	4	2.3
Years in the construction industry
1–5	65	37.6
6–10	66	38.2
11–15	18	10.4
16–20	10	5.8
>20	14	8.1
Form of employment
Permanent	32	18.5
Temporal	58	33.5
Casual	83	48.0
Job specialty
Mason	50	28.9
Carpenter/roofer	39	22.5
Electrician	6	3.5
Plumber	2	1.2
Steel bender	30	17.3
Laborer	44	25.4
Painter	1	0.6