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. 2015 Jan-Mar;21(1):5–13. doi: 10.1179/2049396714Y.0000000083

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.