Table VI.
Survey data (N=582): Self-reported health and job characteristics, by age
| Characteristics | Overall (N=582) |
<65 years old (n=548) |
65+ years old (n=34) |
p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Categorical measures | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
| Current/most recent job is full-time traditional (vs. part-time, temporary, seasonal, self-employed) | 482 | (83.0%) | 460 | (84.1%) | 22 | (64.7%) | 0.004 |
| Worked 100% FTE over past year, on average (vs. <100%) | 359 | (61.7%) | 345 | (63.0%) | 14 | (41.2%) | 0.01 |
| Returned to work with different (vs. same) employer where injured | 161 | (27.7%) | 156 | (28.5%) | 5 | (14.7%) | 0.08 |
| Current occupation different than (vs. same as) when injured | 173 | (29.9%) | 169 | (31.0%) | 4 | (11.8%) | 0.02 |
| Working for pay (vs. not) when interviewed | 513 | (88.1%) | 489 | (89.2%) | 24 | (70.6%) | 0.001 |
| Retirement was primary reason not working when interviewed (N=69) | 20 | (29.0%) | 13 | (22.0%) | 7 | (70.0%) | 0.002 |
| Certain (vs. uncertain) will be working in 6 months | 451 | (80.7%) | 431 | (81.5%) | 20 | (66.7%) | 0.046 |
| Current union member (vs. not) | 246 | (42.5%) | 239 | (43.9%) | 7 | (20.6%) | 0.008 |
| Health insurance coverage (vs. not) from employer) | 360 | (62.9%) | 346 | (64.3%) | 14 | (41.2%) | 0.007 |
| Health insurance coverage from any source (vs. none) | 520 | (90.8%) | 486 | (90.2%) | 34 | (100%) | 0.055 |
| Satisfied (vs. dissatisfied) with job | 483 | (84.4%) | 451 | (83.7%) | 32 | (97.0%) | 0.04 |
| At (vs. not at) higher risk of being reinjured at work due to impairment, compared to before injury | 365 | (65.2%) | 347 | (65.8%) | 18 | (54.5%) | 0.19 |
| At (vs. not at) higher risk of being reinjured at work due to impairment, compared to others doing same job | 300 | (54.2%) | 285 | (54.7%) | 15 | (45.5%) | 0.30 |
| At (vs. not at) higher risk of losing current job due to impairment | 101 | (20.3%) | 98 | (20.7%) | 3 | (12.5%) | 0.33 |
| Comfortable (vs. not comfortable) reporting unsafe situation at work to supervisor/employer | 553 | (95.8%) | 520 | (95.8%) | 33 | (97.1%) | 0.71 |
| Comfortable (vs. not comfortable) reporting work-related injury to supervisor/employer | 547 | (95.1%) | 515 | (95.2%) | 32 | (94.1%) | 0.78 |
| Comfortable (vs. not comfortable) filing WC claim for work-related injury | 515 | (90.4%) | 484 | (90.1%) | 31 | (93.9%) | 0.47 |
| Most recent work injury resulted (vs. did not result) in WC claim (N=70) | 53 | (75.7%) | 46 | (74.2%) | 7 | (87.5%) | 0.41 |
| Presence (vs. absence) of health and safety committee | 408 | (76.1%) | 387 | (76.6%) | 21 | (67.7%) | 0.26 |
| High (vs. low) job strain | 85 | (15.4%) | 81 | (15.5%) | 4 | (13.3%) | 0.75 |
| Job requires a lot of physical effort (vs. does not) | 438 | (76.7%) | 415 | (77.1%) | 23 | (69.7%) | 0.33 |
| Current health status is good/very good/excellent (vs. fair/poor) | 422 | (72.5%) | 395 | (72.1%) | 27 | (79.4%) | 0.35 |
| Current work function ability is good/very good/excellent (vs. fair/poor) | 399 | (69.0%) | 372 | (68.4%) | 27 | (79.4%) | 0.18 |
| Still have (vs. do not have) disability/pain/limitation due to work injury | 538 | (92.6%) | 509 | (93.1%) | 29 | (85.3%) | 0.09 |
| Bodily pain in past 4 weeks was moderate to very severe (vs. none/very mild) | 381 | (65.5%) | 362 | (66.1%) | 19 | (55.9%) | 0.23 |
| Pain interfered with work in past 4 weeks somewhat to very much (vs. not at all/a little bit) | 231 | (39.8%) | 221 | (40.4%) | 10 | (29.4%) | 0.20 |
| Presence of chronic conditions | |||||||
| Arthritis | 151 | (26.1%) | 134 | (24.6%) | 17 | (50.0%) | 0.001 |
| Chronic back pain/disease | 140 | (24.3%) | 136 | (25.0%) | 4 | (12.1%) | 0.09 |
| Depression | 122 | (21.0%) | 119 | (21.8%) | 3 | (8.8%) | 0.07 |
| Anxiety | 94 | (16.2%) | 91 | (16.6%) | 3 | (8.8%) | 0.23 |
| Obesity | 83 | (14.5%) | 78 | (14.4%) | 5 | (14.7%) | 0.97 |
| Upper gastrointestinal disease | 71 | (12.2%) | 66 | (12.1%) | 5 | (14.7%) | 0.65 |
| Asthma | 68 | (11.7%) | 61 | (11.2%) | 7 | (20.6%) | 0.10 |
| Diabetes | 65 | (11.2%) | 57 | (10.5%) | 8 | (23.5%) | 0.02 |
| Continuous measures (for all, higher values are protective) | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | |
| Years in the same job | 9.2 | (10.4) | 8.7 | (9.9) | 18.5 | (14.0) | <0.001 |
| Able to handle physical job demands | 7.9 | (2.3) | 7.9 | (2.3) | 7.7 | (2.3) | 0.56 |
| Able to take time off work for personal/family matters | 4.0 | (1.3) | 4.0 | (1.3) | 4.2 | (1.1) | 0.17 |
| Organization-level safety climatea | 4.0 | (1.2) | 4.0 | (1.2) | 4.1 | (0.9) | 0.51 |
| Group-level safety climateb | 3.9 | (1.3) | 3.9 | (1.3) | 3.9 | (1.2) | 0.95 |
| Social supportc | 6.8 | (1.3) | 6.8 | (1.3) | 7.0 | (1.3) | 0.40 |
| Supervisor supportd | 3.3 | (0.9) | 3.3 | (0.9) | 3.5 | (0.9) | 0.33 |
Abbreviations: FTE, full-time equivalent.
a
Mean of 4-item instrument, each item with 5-point scale; Safety Climate Short Scales - organization level (top management) subscale56
b
Mean of 4-item instrument, each item with 5-point scale; Safety Climate Short Scales - group level (direct supervisor) subscale56
c
Sum of 2-item instrument (coworker and supervisor helpfulness), each with 4-point scale; Work History Questionnaire57
d
Single item (supervisor helpfulness) with 4-point scale; Work History Questionnaire57