Table 4. Demographic characteristics and summative exposure measures as predictors of likelihood of self-reported work-related injury in the previous year*.
B | SE | Odds ratio | 95% CI | P | |
Independent variables | |||||
Demographic | |||||
Time of residence in the USA† | −0.04 | 0.03 | 0.96 | (0.92, 1.01) | 0.13 |
Education† | 0.13 | 0.04 | 1.14 | (1.04, 1.24) | 0.00 |
Language: only Spanish‡ | 0.07 | 0.29 | 1.07 | (0.61, 1.87) | 0.82 |
Age† | 0.02 | 0.02 | 1.02 | (0.99, 1.05) | 0.26 |
Time working as a day laborer† | 0.02 | 0.04 | 1.02 | (0.94, 1.10) | 0.68 |
Marital status‡ | −0.50 | 0.30 | 0.61 | (0.34, 1.09) | 0.10 |
Summative exposure measures | |||||
Total number of jobs† | −0.05 | 0.08 | 0.95 | (0.82, 1.11) | 0.53 |
Total number of job conditions† | 0.17 | 0.06 | 1.19 | (1.07, 1.33) | 0.00 |
Total PPE used† | −0.12 | 0.06 | 0.89 | (0.80, 1.00) | 0.04 |
Note: *The outcome variable is ever injured at work in the last year (1 = yes, 0 = no). Results based on non-missing data.
†Continuous variable.
‡Dichotomous variable measured as yes = 1 and no = 0.