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. 2018 Jul 17;15(7):1511. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15071511

Table 2.

Occupational safety and health (OSH) service access and awareness by age groups; prevalence rates (numbers) and results from logistic regression analyses (odds ratios (OR) [95% confidence interval]).

OSH indictors Age (n = 7612) 1
<30 y. (n = 732)
30+ y. (n = 7268)		 Prevalence (Number) Model 1, Unadjusted OR [95% CI] Model 2 Adjustment Set 1 2 Model 3 Adjustment Set 2 3
Access
No health and <30 years 34.3 (251) 1.80 [1.52–2.13] 1.88 [1.58–2.23] 1.24 [1.03–1.5]
safety manager 30+ years 23.2 (1686) reference reference reference
No occupation. <30 years 34.0 (249) 1.36 [1.15–1.61] 1.44 [1.21–1.70] 1.03 [0.85–1.25]
physician 30+ years 28,1 (2042) reference reference reference
No examination <30 years 10.4 (50) 1.41 [1.02–1.94] 1.43 [1.04–1.98] 1.17 [0.82–1.68]
by occupational physician # 30+ years 7.8 (406) reference reference reference
No OSH <30 years 39.9 (292) 2.23 [1.88–2.62] 2.35 [1.99–2.78] 1.44 [1.20–1.74]
Workers representative 30+ years 23.9 (1740) reference reference reference
No OSH <30 years 31.4 (230) 1.60 [1.35–1.90] 1.65 [1.39–1.96] 1.20 [0.99–1.45]
training 30+ years 23.1 (1682) reference reference reference
No OSH <30 years 16.1 (118) 1.52 [1.22–1.88] 1.56 [1.26–1.95] 1.08 [0.85–1.38]
information 30+ years 11.8 (860) reference reference reference
Awareness
No awareness <30 years 4.1 (30) 1.97 [1.27–3.05] 2.22 [1.39–3.38] 1.90 [1.18–3.06]
of legal OSH framework 30+ years 2.2 (160) reference reference reference
No awareness of <30 years 23.5 (172) 1.49 [1.23–1.80] 1.55 [1.29–1.88] 1.21 [0.98–1.48]
fire & emergency procedures 30+ years 17.7 (1286) reference reference reference
No awareness <30 years 37.2 (272) 1.20 [1.02–1.41] 1.23 [1.05–1.45] 1.16 [0.97–1.38]
of first aid procedures 30+ years 34.0 (2472) reference reference reference
No awareness <30 years 6.1 (45) 1.78 [1.25–2.54] 1.80 [1.26–2.57] 1.56 [1.06–2.29]
of personal OSH responsibility 30+ years 3.5 (254) reference reference reference
Not collected <30 years 53.6 (392) 1.17 [0.99–1.37] 1.21 [1.03–1.41] 1.18 [0.99–1.40]
OSH information autonomously 30+ years 50.1 (3638) reference reference reference

1 excluding 388 cases with missing values on one or more variables; 2 set 1 adjusted for sex, education; 3 set 2 adjusted for sex, education, occupational position, type of contract, working hours, economic sector, company size; # excluding participants with no access to an occupational physician (n = 5709).