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Table 3 Marginal effects of the status of illness (N = 206)

From: The health and economic burden of dust pollution in the textile industry of Faisalabad, Pakistan

 

Dependent variables

Independent variables

Chronic cough

Blood phlegm

Asthma

Bronchitis

Environmental and factory characteristics (C)

    Opening section

0.10 (0.135)

06.07 (16.70)

− 0.853(1.037)

1.191 (1.041)c

    Blow room section

0.343 (0.137)a

0.103 (2.36)

0.6000(0.852)

1.587 (1.087)

    Card room section

0.241 (0.138)c

0.968 (3.27)

0.442(0.790)

1.771 (1.081)c

    Simplex section

0.110 (0.137)

0.101 (10.67)

0 omitted

1.444 (1.085)

    Autocone section

− 0.061 (0.134)

0.936 (17.5)

− 2.156(1.426)

1.113 (1.126)

    Dust level in section

0.029 (0.117)

0.060 (3.12)a

1.002 (1.061)

1.214 (1.082)c

    Temperature in section

0.163 (0.058)a

0.013 (0.716)

1.111(1.093)

1.075 (1.052)

Averting activities (A)

    Use of mask

0.048 (0.118)

0.074 (0.405)

0.970(0.563)

− 0.120 (0.284)

Personal characteristics (G)

    Gender (male)

− 0.127 (0.122)

− 0.913 (0.720)

− 1.984 (0.985)b

− 0.002 (0.001)

    Age

.003 (0.005)

− 0.075 (0.454)

− 0.421(0.565)

− 0.042 (0.024)

    Marital status(married)

− 0.079 (0.494)

− 0.005 (0.302)

− 0.267(.643)

− 0.003 (0.004)

    Smoking

0.002 (0.005)

0.005 (0.002)a

0.004(0.003)c

0.004 (0.001)a

    Constant

− 15.390a

− 18.03

− 1.673(1.902)

− 2.699 (1.362)b

    Pseudo R squared/LR Chi2

0.080

0.082

0.154

0.151

  1. The significance levels at 1%, 5%, and 10% are denoted by a, b, and c, respectively. The values in parentheses are standard errors