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