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Table 1 Demographics of surveyed workers in both the cool and hot months

From: Perceived impact of heat stress on health and productivity of tropical female garment workers– a comparison between cool and hot months

 

Overall, N = 7531

Cool months, N = 3801

Hot months, N = 3731

Age (years)

33 (7)

33 (7)

33 (7)

Designation

   

Sewing machine operator

91%

91%

91%

Assistant

4%

4%

3%

Team Leader

5%

4%

5%

Supervisor

0.3%

0.3%

0.3%

Education

   

Illiterate

3%

3%

2%

Primary

48%

47%

50%

Secondary

38%

37%

39%

High School

11%

12%

9%

  1. 1 Mean (SD); %