Table II.
Worker, injury, and pre-injury job characteristics for cohort and survey samples (unless otherwise noted, variables for both samples were comparably constructed using administrative data)
| Characteristic | Cohort (N=11,184) |
Survey (N=582) |
p a | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
| Age category (years) | <0.001 | ||||
| 18–24 | 901 | (8.1%) | 14 | (2.4%) | |
| 25–34 | 2749 | (24.6%) | 62 | (10.7%) | |
| 35–44 | 2774 | (24.8%) | 115 | (19.8%) | |
| 45–54 | 2442 | (21.8%) | 159 | (27.3%) | |
| 55–64 | 1819 | (16.3%) | 198 | (34.0%) | |
| ≥65 | 499 | (4.5%) | 34 | (5.8%) | |
| Women (vs. men) | 4540 | (40.6%) | 192 | (33.0%) | <0.001 |
| Preferred languageb | <0.001 | ||||
| English | 8686 | (77.7%) | 569 | (97.8%) | |
| Spanish | 2149 | (19.2%) | 11 | (1.9%) | |
| Other | 349 | (3.1%) | 2 | (0.3%) | |
| Urban-rural residence county | <0.001 | ||||
| Large central metropolitan | 2603 | (23.3%) | 116 | (20.2%) | |
| Large fringe metropolitan | 3337 | (29.8%) | 202 | (35.2%) | |
| Medium metropolitan | 2165 | (19.4%) | 126 | (22.0%) | |
| Small metropolitan | 1796 | (16.1%) | 58 | (10.1%) | |
| Micropolitan | 1034 | (9.2%) | 55 | (9.6%) | |
| Noncore | 249 | (2.2%) | 17 | (3.0%) | |
| Injured body part | 0.001 | ||||
| Upper extremity | 5074 | (45.4%) | 282 | (48.5%) | |
| Lower extremity | 2939 | (26.3%) | 174 | (29.9%) | |
| Spine/neck | 2569 | (23.0%) | 92 | (15.8%) | |
| Other/multiple | 602 | (5.4%) | 34 | (5.8%) | |
| Whole body impairment (WBI) ≥10% (vs. <10%) | 2791 | (25.0%) | 131 | (22.5%) | 0.17 |
| Large employer, ≥50 FTE (vs. <50 FTE)c | 5694 | (50.9%) | 433 | (77.1%) | <0.001 |
| Industry sector | <0.001 | ||||
| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting | 949 | (8.5%) | 6 | (1.0%) | |
| Construction, Utilities, Mining | 1757 | (15.7%) | 75 | (12.9%) | |
| Manufacturing | 960 | (8.6%) | 78 | (13.4%) | |
| Retail/Wholesale Trade | 1692 | (15.1%) | 74 | (12.7%) | |
| Transportation, Warehousing | 501 | (4.5%) | 36 | (6.2%) | |
| Information, Finance, Real Estate, Professional | 767 | (6.9%) | 25 | (4.3%) | |
| Services: Administrative, Support, Waste, Other | 1902 | (17.0%) | 144 | (24.7%) | |
| Education, Health Care, Social Services | 1545 | (13.8%) | 112 | (19.2%) | |
| Arts, Entertainment, Hospitality | 1111 | (9.9%) | 32 | (5.5%) | |
| State Fund coverage (vs. self-insured employer) | 11,184 | (100%) | 361 | (62.0%) | N/Ad |
Abbreviations: FTE, full-time equivalent; N/A, not applicable.
a
p value reflects two-sample Chi-square test of independence.
b
Preferred language: For cohort, based on administrative data; for survey sample, based on self-report.
c
Employer size: For cohort, based on administrative data for pre-injury employer; for survey sample, based on respondent’s estimate of current/most recent employer’s total number of employees.
d
Statistical testing not feasible due to lack of variation in cohort