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Table 2 Occupational characteristics of men and women that experienced an occupational injury

From: Satisfaction with life and the risk of occupational injury

 

Male

Female

N

Cases of the occupational injury

p-valuea

N

Cases of the occupational injury

p-valuea

n

%

n

%

Industry

 Manufacturing

1374

119

8.7

0.001

526

23

4.4

0.641

 Wholesale and retail trade

992

73

7.4

 

309

10

3.2

 Membership organizations, repair and other personal services

882

25

2.8

 

28

0

0.0

 Transportation

671

56

8.3

 

26

0

0.0

 Human health and social work activities

139

2

1.4

 

594

18

3.0

 Information and communications

138

0

0.0

 

26

0

0.0

 Electricity, gas, steam and water supply

79

3

3.8

 

2

0

0.0

 Education

53

0

0.0

 

19

2

10.5

 Public administration and defense

42

3

7.1

 

2

0

0.0

 Business facilities management and business support services

27

3

11.1

 

3

0

0.0

 Sewerage, waste management, materials recovery and remediation activities

22

0

0.0

 

30

1

3.3

 Professional, scientific and technical activities

22

1

4.5

 

1

0

0.0

 Others

169

12

7.1

 

58

3

5.2

Employment status

 Regular

4135

259

6.3

0.144

1284

46

3.6

0.757

 Temporary

475

38

8.0

 

340

11

3.2

Shift work

 No

2942

186

6.3

0.659

793

33

4.2

0.163

 Yes

1668

111

6.7

 

831

24

2.9

Job tenure (years)

 <  1

374

28

7.5

0.178

442

11

2.5

0.060

  1–4

576

42

7.3

 

340

8

2.4

  5–9

987

73

7.4

 

398

14

3.5

 ≥ 10

2673

154

5.8

 

444

24

5.4

Hours/week worked

 ≤ 40

1837

86

4.7

< 0.001

732

29

4.0

0.003

  41–59

1959

126

6.4

 

795

19

2.4

 ≥ 60

814

85

10.4

 

97

9

9.3

  1. aObtained by a Chi-squared test or Fisher’s exact test