Traffic safety perception of garment workers

Abstract

Pedestrian injuries have become a major safety problem all over the world, especially in third world countries such as, Bangladesh. However, the country is heavily dependent on its RMG industry which is the greatest source of generating foreign currency, mass employment and a gateway to social-economic development for it. This study reveals, majority of the garments workers choose walking as their mode of transport and thus fall under pedestrian category. Consequently this particular group is under severe threat. On response to the problem, this study aims to explore garments workers traffic safety perception and the factors associated with it. A questionnaire survey was conducted among four representative garments industry, and a total of 380 samples were collected. Using the software ‘STATA’ a linear regression model analysis was applied to analyze the data. Results showed that risk perception varied significantly with the worker’s age, income group, marital status, number of children , mode of transport, average weekly walk duration, educational qualification, previous accident experience (active and passive), etc.