title: [Analysis of use of personal protective equipment among rural-to-urban migrant workers in small and medium enterprises in Zhongshan and Shenzhen, China].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the current supply and use of personal protective equipment (PPE) among rural-to-urban migrant workers in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Zhongshan and Shenzhen, China and the influential factors for the use of PPE, and to provide a basis for better occupational health services and ensuring the health of migrant workers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Multi-stage sampling was used to select 856 migrant workers from 27 SMEs in Zhongshan and Shenzhen, and face-to-face questionnaire survey was conducted in these subjects. Statistical analysis was performed by one-way analysis of variance, chi-square test, and logistic regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of all migrant workers, 38.67%were supplied with free PPE by the factory, and this rate varied across industries (furniture industry: 45.81%; electronic industry: 31.46%) and SMEs (medium enterprises: 42.13%; small enterprises: 39.20%; micro enterprises: 22.16%); 22.43% insisted on the use of PPE. The logistic regression analysis showed that factors associated with the use of PPE included sex, age, awareness of occupational health knowledge, and the size of enterprise.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The rates of supply and use of PPE among migrant workers are low. The larger the enterprise, the better the supply of PPE. Male gender, being elder, and high occupational health knowledge score were favorable factors for the use of PPE, while small enterprise size was the unfavorable factor for the use of PPE.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University/Sun Yat-sen Center For Migrant Health Policy. Guangzhou 510080, China.
authors.forename: Zhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University/Sun Yat-sen Center For Migrant Health Policy. Guangzhou 510080, China.
authors.forename: Liming
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University/Sun Yat-sen Center For Migrant Health Policy. Guangzhou 510080, China.
authors.forename: Zhanhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University/Sun Yat-sen Center For Migrant Health Policy. Guangzhou 510080, China.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University/Sun Yat-sen Center For Migrant Health Policy. Guangzhou 510080, China.
authors.forename: Jingrong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University/Sun Yat-sen Center For Migrant Health Policy. Guangzhou 510080, China. E-mail: Lingli@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ling
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011482:Protective Devices / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data