Table 1 Background Characteristics and Reported Exposure to Interventions among Long Distance Truck Drivers Round-1 and Round-2 of the IBBA on National Highways
| 听 | All Routes | North-East (NE) | North-South (NS) | North-West (NW) | South-East (SE) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Background characteristics | Round-1 (N= 2066) | Round-2 (N= 2085) | Round-1 (N= 498) | Round-2 (N= 524) | Round-1 (N= 540) | Round-2 (N= 538) | Round-1 (N= 515) | Round-2 (N= 526) | Round-1 (N= 513) | Round-2 (N= 497) |
Average Age | 31.1 | 33.5*** | 31.8 | 33.4* | 31.4 | 31.8 | 30.1 | 32.4** | 33.9 | 35.0 |
Percent literates | 87.6 | 94.1** | 83.3 | 89.7* | 90.8 | 97.5** | 88.5 | 89.6 | 87.3 | 94.6** |
Percent Currently married | 73.5 | 74.3 | 75.2 | 74.2 | 74.9 | 71.2 | 72.0 | 73.6 | 82.3 | 84.0 |
Average number of years of working as a driver | 8.9 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 9.9 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 10.7 | 11.1 |
Average number of round trips in past six monthsa | 11.9 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 13.4 | 11.2** | 12.4 | 12.7 |
Percent who own truck | 14.2 | 9.0*** | 8.9 | 4.8** | 13.9 | 13.5 | 17.1 | 2.4** | 13.1 | 11.2 |
Exposure to interventions (%) | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 |
No | 49.8 | 45.0** | 44.4 | 48.9 | 36.7 | 42.8 | 61.0 | 36.4*** | 34.7 | 62.7*** |
Less intensive | 36.1 | 25.4*** | 40.7 | 23.1*** | 42.4 | 19.2 | 27.5 | 24.1 | 60.2 | 27.6*** |
Intensive | 14.1 | 29.6*** | 14.9 | 28.0*** | 20.9 | 38.1** | 11.5 | 39.5*** | 4.7 | 9.7** |