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Table 3.

Relationship Between Individual Characteristics and Injury and Fatality Rates

Variable	Industry Injury Rate		Occupation Injury Rate		Industry Fatality Rate		Occupation Fatality Rate
Variable	Coefficient	SE	Coefficient	SE	Coefficient	SE	Coefficient	SE
Immigrant	5.747	4.384	10.687^†	5.985	0.828^*	0.404	−0.535	1.060
Female	−28.986^*	11.679	−64.315^**	14.611	−4.197^**	1.064	−7.265^**	1.548
Age	1.784^*	0.746	2.036^*	0.794	0.143^*	0.072	0.137^*	0.063
Age, Squared	−0.019^*	0.008	−0.024^**	0.008	−0.002^**	0.001	−0.002^*	0.001
Married	1.741	2.343	−3.294	2.679	0.422^*	0.202	0.675^*	0.239
Divorced/Widowed/Separated	6.036^**	1.750	5.061^**	1.890	0.561^**	0.200	0.657^**	0.176
Black	9.058	6.485	15.507^*	7.450	−0.723^†	0.421	−1.526^*	0.742
Other Race	−11.428^**	4.313	−11.932^**	3.707	−1.639^**	0.451	−1.526^**	0.742
Hispanic	5.218^**	1.644	11.316^**	2.809	0.360	0.364	−0.013	0.515
No High School Diploma	6.370	4.101	17.008^**	4.661	1.353^*	0.622	2.215^*	1.081
Some College	−15.442^**	4.173	−36.735^**	5.844	−1.511^**	0.417	−1.955^**	0.539
College Degree	−45.605^**	9.211	−87.597^**	13.265	−3.140^**	0.876	−3.703^**	1.179
Years in the United States	−0.172	0.141	−0.211	0.153	−0.025^†	0.013	0.026	0.047
Speaks English Very Well	−2.009	1.431	−5.796^**	1.525	−0.351^†	0.196	−0.386^*	0.185
Speaks English Well	5.124^*	2.574	15.096^**	2.702	0.369	0.336	0.244	0.261
Speaks English Not Well	6.936	4.802	29.478^**	7.402	1.186	0.738	1.139	0.787
Speaks English Not at All	11.064^*	5.149	42.687^**	14.478	4.329	2.871	4.199^†	2.391
Adjusted R²	.093		.208		.090		.006
N	1,707,639		1,699,721		1,706,030		1,704,027

Notes: Regressions also include controls for state and survey year. Observations are weighted using the person weights in the ACS. Standard errors are clustered on industry or occupation.

^†

p < .10;

p < .05;

^**

p < .01