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Table 1 Participant characteristics compared to source collective

From: Health status and health-related quality of life of municipal waste collection workers – a cross-sectional survey

 

Study participants

Source collective

 

(N = 65)

(N = 1,544)

 

Mean

SD

Number

Percent

Mean

SD

Number

Percent

Age (years)

45.5

8.3

  

46.5

9.4

  

Gender

        

 Female

  

3

4.6

  

31

2.1

 Male

  

62

95.4

  

1513

97.9

Previous vocational training

        

 Yes

  

52

80

  

1109

71.8

 No

  

13

20

  

435

28.2

Years working for the municipal waste collection service

20.4

9.1

  

18.6

9.9