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. 2008 Sep;98(9):1693–1699. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.122853

TABLE 2—

Number and Percentage of US Adolescents Working in the Retail or Service Industry Reporting Select Hazardous Orders Violations, by Sample Characteristics: 2003

Respondents Working in Any Retail or Service Establishment With Access to Each Piece of Equipment Respondents Working in Grocery Stores or Food Service Establishments Only
Motor Vehicle Power-Driven Equipment or Tools Heavy Equipment or Machinery Forklift or Other Hoisting Equipment Power-Driven Food Slicer or Grinder Dough Mixer or Roller Box Crusher Paper Baler/Compactor
No. % (95% CI) No. % (95% CI) No. % (95% CI) No. % (95% CI) No. % (95% CI) No. % (95% CI) No. % (95% CI) No. % (95% CI)
All 56 31.6 (19.5, 43.7) 171 46.8 (38.5, 55.2) 41 17.4 (10.3, 24.5) 36 27.4 (14.9, 39.9) 71 17.5 (11.5, 23.5) 51 11.7 (6.5, 16.8) 41 13.6 (7.8, 19.3) 44 11.1 (7.0, 15.2)
Age, y
    14–15 4 23.7 (0, 49.0 9 27.7 (9.7, 45.6) 2 12.3 (0, 28.6) 1 14.6 (0, 40.7) 2 3.0 (0, 7.4) 3 3.1 (0, 7.3) 1 0.9 (0, 2.7) 2 4.8 (0, 12.4)
    16–17 52 32.9 (19.6, 46.1) 162 48.5 (39.7, 57.4) 39 17.8 (10.2, 25.5) 35 28.7 (15.3, 42.1) 69 19.3 (12.6, 26.0) 48 12.7 (7.0, 18.5) 40 15.2 (8.7, 21.6) 42 11.8 (7.3, 16.4)
Race
    White 51 34.2 (20.7, 47.6) 156 46.8 (38.4, 55.3) 38 17.4 (10.2, 24.5) 33 30.3 (16.2, 44.4) 64 17.6 (11.7, 23.5) 44 12.0 (6.0, 18.0) 36 12.8 (7.6, 18.0) 41 13.0 (8.0, 18.0)
    Minority 5 19.0 (0, 42.9) 12 42.7 (15.5, 70.0) 2 6.1 (0, 15.9) 1 10.8 (0, 31.9) 6 17.5 (0, 36.8) 5 9.4 (0, 19.8) 5 18.0 (0, 38.0) 3 5.0 (0, 10.9)
Parental education
    High school diploma or less 14 46.9 (21.5, 72.2) 40 47.7 (30.2, 65.1) 8 13.1 (1.3, 24.8) 11 36.0 (12.3, 59.7) 11 11.9 (1.1, 22.8) 11 6.9 (1.4, 12.5) 17 19.3 (7.3, 31.3) 16 11.9 (4.6, 19.0)
    Some college 9 15.5 (1.8, 29.1) 44 46.1 (31.0, 61.2) 14 26.7 (9.9, 43.5) 9 10.9 (2.1, 19.6) 21 19.1 (9.3, 28.9) 19 14.5 (6.5, 22.4) 10 12.0 (3.0, 21.0) 12 9.9 (3.4, 16.4)
    College degree 24 28.6 (12.7, 44.5) 51 47.9 (32.0, 63.8) 13 23.6 (9.8, 37.5) 6 20.0 (2.5, 37.6) 30 25.7 (15.8, 35.6) 17 11.9 (5.6, 18.2) 7 8.7 (0.5, 16.9) 8 13.9 (3.0, 24.7)
    Graduate school 9 27.6 (7.3, 47.8) 33 42.6 (28.9, 56.4) 6 11.2 (1.4, 21.0) 9 45.8 (20.0, 71.6) 9 24.6 (1.9, 47.3) 3 3.8 (0, 8.5) 6 7.0 (1.0, 13.0) 7 8.0 (1.6, 14.3)
Industry
    Service 27 34.3 (16.8, 51.8) 52 42.4 (28.3, 56.5) 17 19.2 (7.8, 30.7) 10 51.9 (22.0, 81.7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    Retail 29 29.7 (13.4, 46) 119 48.9 (38.5, 59.3) 24 16.4 (7.5, 25.3) 26 19.7 (10.0, 29.3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Note. CI = confidence interval. Ellipses indicate no data because these violations were not comparable across industries.