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. 2008 Dec;98(12):2258–2263. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.103135

TABLE 1.

Weighted Baseline Descriptive Statistics, by Race/Ethnicity and Gender: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1988

Non-Latino Whites
Non-Latino Blacks
Latinos
Men Women Men Women Men Women
Injured, proportion 0.107 0.056 0.052 0.062 0.093 0.036
Health insurance offered, proportion 0.658 0.619 0.586 0.602 0.624 0.546
Fixed work schedule, mean 0.855 0.843 0.834 0.828 0.860 0.867
Hours worked per week, mean no. 44.284 36.985 41.033 37.775 41.798 36.146
Organization tenure, wk, mean 158.752 136.388 117.457 123.701 150.644 130.748
Log hourly wages, mean 2.209 1.952 1.948 1.807 2.097 1.872
Union representation, proportion 0.141 0.096 0.241 0.223 0.180 0.122
Environmental hazards in occupation, proportion 0.706 0.217 0.801 0.318 0.719 0.247
Physical demands in occupation, mean 2.075 1.575 2.171 1.725 2.095 1.639
Percentage Black in occupation, mean 10.648 11.412 14.904 15.205 12.787 12.262
Percentage Latino in occupation, mean 8.308 7.538 10.553 9.012 9.921 8.816
Immigrant, proportion 0.026 0.029 0.018 0.035 0.295 0.214
Education, mean y 13.257 13.360 12.396 13.053 12.028 12.404