Table 1 Demographic and health characteristics of study subjects
From: The Effect of Work Characteristics on Dermatologic Symptoms in Hairdressers
Variable* | n | (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
  < 30 | 342 | (33.4) |
  < 40 | 334 | (32.6) |
  ≧ 40 | 349 | (34.0) |
Gender | ||
  Male | 151 | (14.4) |
  Female | 894 | (85.6) |
BMI†| ||
  < 25 | 916 | (95.6) |
  ≧ 25 | 42 | (4.4) |
Marital status | ||
  Not married‡ | 591 | (59.0) |
  Married | 410 | (41.0) |
Educational level | ||
  ≦ High school completion | 566 | (54.6) |
  > High school completion | 471 | (45.4) |
Smoking status | ||
  Non/past smoker | 805 | (79.0) |
  Current smoker | 214 | (21.0) |
Weekly alcohol consumption§ | ||
  None | 453 | (45.8) |
  Mild | 460 | (46.5) |
  Heavy | 77 | (7.8) |
Weekly exercise | ||
  None | 619 | (60.7) |
  ≦ 4times | 345 | (33.8) |
  > 4times | 56 | (5.5) |
Perceived state of health | ||
  Good | 410 | (39.6) |
  Normal | 489 | (47.2) |
  Bad | 136 | (13.1) |