Table 4 Marginal effects of sickness absence function (Tobit Model) (N = 206)
From: The health and economic burden of dust pollution in the textile industry of Faisalabad, Pakistan
Independent variables | Dependent variable: work hours lost |
|---|---|
Marginal effects | |
Environmental or factory characteristics (C) | |
Opening | 3.031b (7.794) |
Blow room | 1.999 (8.441) |
Cardroom | 2.824c (7.956) |
Samplex | 2.652c (7.879) |
Auto cone | 3.392b (8.026) |
Dust level | 4.940a (6.086) |
Temperature | .0964 (2.694) |
Averting activities (A) | |
Use of mask | − 2.430088c (6.689) |
Mitigating activities (B) | |
Visit doctor | 1.673862 (5.749) |
Personal characteristics (G) | |
Gender (male) | − 1.248 (5.297) |
Age | 0.030 (0.2768) |
Marital status (married) | 0.026 (3.557) |
Smoking | 0.012 (0.268) |
Pseudo R squared | 0.0613 |