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Table 3 Demographic, social and economic factors associated with serious illnesses

From: Occupational illnesses in the 2009 Zambian labour force survey

 

Suffered serious illness

Bivariate

Multivariate

Factor

Total

n (%)

OR (95%cCI)

AOR (95%CI)

Age (years)

    

<15

45385

69 (0.2)

1

1

15-19

19262

221 (1.1)

0.55 (0.49, 0.62)

0.69 (0.60, 0.81)

20-24

14023

508 (3.6)

1.78 (1.63, 1.95)

1.69 (1.51, 1.89)

25-34

21669

1458 (6.7)

3.41 (3.18, 3.67)

1.95 (1.76, 2.17)

35+

29459

2382 (8.1)

4.16 (3.89, 4.45)

2.03 (1.83, 2.26)

Sex

    

Female

65646

2131 (3.2)

1

1

Male

64119

2507 (3.9)

1.01 (1.07, 1.13)

1.11 (1.07, 1.16)

Completed years in school

    

<3

22983

466 (2.0)

1

1

4-7

42508

1878 (4.4)

1.33 (1.27, 1.40)

1.24 (1.18, 1.31)

8-9

19405

825 (4.3)

1.28 (1.20, 1.36)

0.98 (0.92, 1.05)

10+

19527

647 (3.3)

0.99 (0.92, 1.05)

0.60 (0.56, 0.65)

Current marital status

    

never married

43512

577 (1.3)

1

1

married/cohabiting

44134

3336 (7.6)

1.87 (1.79, 1.95)

1.24 (1.17, 1.32)

separated/divorced/widowed

9833

700 (7.1)

1.75 (1.65, 1.86)

1.17 (1.08, 1.27)

Province

    

Western

11928

200 (1.7)

1

1

Copperbelt

20748

661 (3.2)

0.97 (0.90, 1.04)

1.19 (1.09, 1.30)

Eastern

16065

295 (1.8)

0.55 (0.49, 0.61)

0.47 (0.41, 0.53)

Luapula

11907

1071 (9.0)

2.90 (2.72, 3.09)

2.77 (2.56, 2.99)

Lusaka

14446

375 (2.6)

0.78 (0.71, 0.86)

0.88 (0.79, 0.99)

Northern

16288

672 (4.1)

1.26 (1.17, 1.36)

1.13 (1.03, 1.23)

North-Western

8788

597 (6.8)

2.14 (1.97, 2.32)

2.19 (1.99, 2.42)

Southern

17316

431 (2.5)

0.75 (0.68, 0.82)

0.81 (0.73, 0.89)

Central

12312

336 (2.7)

0.82 (0.74, 0.91)

0.81 (0.72, 0.90)

Current employment status

    

unpaid formal worker

39383

1204 (3.1)

1

1

paid employee

10915

767 (7.0)

1.23 (1.17, 1.30)

1.36 (1.27, 1.46)

employer/self employed

28843

2561 (8.9)

1.59 (1.52, 1.65)

1.03 (0.98, 1.08)

  1. suffered at workplace
  2. Note: Numbers not adding up due to missing information.