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Table 2 Behavioral characteristics of study participants in Bahir Dar city Northwest, Ethiopia, 2021

From: Prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms and associated factors among woodwork workers in Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia; a comparative cross-sectional study

Variable

Categories

 Response

Unexposed n (%)

P value

Exposed n (%)

Types of energy used

Electric

Charcoal

Fire

kerosene,

others

150(65.5)

73(31.8)

4(0.4)

3(1.4)

2(0.9)

191(83.8)

35(15.3)

2(0.9)

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0.56

Now smoker

Yes

No

11(4.8)

218(95.2)

1(0.4)

227(99.6)

0.001

ever smoker

Yes

No

19(8.3)

210(91.7)

3(1.3)

225(98.7)

0.001

Ever worked in other dust types of work

Yes

No

5(2.2)

224(97.8)

8(3.5)

220(96.5)

0.24