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. 2005 Jul;95(7):1226–1232. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.044396

TABLE 3—

ORs for Reporting a Lost-Worktime Injury or Illness Among All Respondents and IRRs of the Number of Days of Work Missed Among Injured Respondents

Men Women
OR (95% CI) n = 18 871 IRR (95% CI) n = 644 OR (95% CI) n = 16 839 IRR (95% CI) n = 413
Race/ethnicity
    Non-Hispanic White Reference Reference Reference Reference
    Hispanic 1.13 (0.84, 1.53) 1.64 (1.02, 2.64) 0.81 (0.54, 1.21) 1.50 (0.83, 2.72)
    African American 0.83 (0.64, 1.09) 1.66 (1.03, 2.68) 1.04 (0.77, 1.43) 2.10 (1.37, 3.22)
Age, y 3.03 (0.89, 10.3) 1.04 (0.15, 7.48) 1.58 (0.32, 7.85) 0.58 (0.07, 5.17)
Education, y 1.29 (0.94, 1.77) 0.99 (0.60, 1.63) 0.76 (0.50, 1.16) 0.91 (0.63, 1.31)
Occupation
    Laborer Reference Reference Reference Reference
    Manager/official 0.41 (0.25, 0.66) 0.44 (0.20, 0.99) 0.44 (0.21, 0.92) 1.27 (0.47, 3.41)
    Sales 0.35 (0.15, 0.84) 0.87 (0.35, 2.11) 0.34 (0.13, 0.86) 2.64 (0.68, 10.32)
    Clerical 0.66 (0.38, 1.15) 1.00 (0.43, 2.36) 0.24 (0.12, 0.45) 0.82 (0.31, 2.21)
    Craftsman 0.91 (0.65, 1.29) 0.89 (0.54, 1.45) 0.57 (0.24, 1.33) 0.58 (0.19, 1.78)
    Machine operator 1.06 (0.73, 1.54) 1.30 (0.74, 2.30) 0.73 (0.38, 1.41) 2.41 (0.86, 6.74)
    Service 0.79 (0.51, 1.22) 0.48 (0.24, 0.97) 0.55 (0.29, 1.04) 1.42 (0.54, 3.73)
    Professional/technical 0.37 (0.21, 0.64) 0.24 (0.09, 0.62) 0.40 (0.20, 0.81) 0.85 (0.29, 2.48)
Shift worked
    Day Reference Reference Reference Reference
    Evening 0.70 (0.45, 1.09) 1.09 (0.49, 2.42) 2.49 (1.70, 3.66) 0.85 (0.49, 1.47)
    Night 1.17 (0.75, 1.83) 0.65 (0.33, 1.26) 1.61 (0.97, 2.66) 2.28 (1.20, 4.31)
    Other 1.17 (0.88, 1.55) 1.66 (1.02, 2.68) 1.17 (0.79, 1.74) 0.63 (0.38, 1.06)
Tenure (log) 1.19 (1.11, 1.30) 1.05 (0.89, 1.24) 1.22 (1.11, 1.35) 1.27 (1.02, 1.57)
Hourly rate of pay (log) 0.71 (0.58, 0.88) 1.18 (0.71, 1.98) 0.88 (0.69, 1.13) 1.35 (0.87, 2.09)
Member of collective bargaining unit 1.24 (0.95, 1.60) 1.39 (0.92, 2.11) 1.31 (0.94, 1.82) 1.60 (1.04, 2.47)
Full-time employee 2.20 (1.25, 3.88) 0.82 (0.40, 1.66) 2.67 (1.71, 4.15) 0.91 0.54, 1.53)
Have 2 jobs 0.41 (0.19, 0.90) 0.87 (0.14, 5.35) 0.31 (0.13, 0.77) 1.57 (0.71, 3.49)
Wald statistic 308 81 182 267
P value <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001

Note. OR = odds ratio; IRR = incidence rate ratio; CI = confidence interval. In addition to the variables listed above, these models were also adjusted for age squared, education squared, industry category, survey year, marital status, region of residence, and exposure time.