Table 1 Baseline demographic, other personal, and work-related characteristics among the uninjured and injured sample at the baseline (N = 7212)
Exposures | Uninjured n (%) | Injured n (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age categories | ||
 50–60 year old | 3892 (56.9) | 226 (63.3) |
 60–70 year old | 2255 (33.0) | 107 (30.0) |
 70 years and above | 612 (9.0) | 21 (5.9) |
Gender | ||
 Men | 3375 (49.3) | 168 (47.1) |
 Women | 3465 (50.7) | 189 (52.9) |
Race | ||
 White/Caucasian | 5490 (80.3) | 275 (77.0) |
 Black/African American | 945 (13.8) | 54 (15.1) |
 Other | 403 (5.9) | 28 (7.8) |
Ethnicity | ||
 Hispanic | 594 (8.7) | 38 (10.6) |
 Non-Hispanic | 6245 (91.3) | 319 (89.4) |
Birthplace | ||
 US born | 6097 (89.1) | 322 (90.2) |
 Born elsewhere | 722 (10.6) | 34 (9.5) |
Education | ||
 Left high-school/GED | 1166 (17.0) | 77 (21.6) |
 High-school graduate | 1954 (28.6) | 115 (32.2) |
 Some college | 1698 (24.8) | 95 (26.6) |
 College and above | 2020 (29.5) | 70 (19.6) |
Marital status | ||
 Married/partnered | 5165 (75.5) | 245 (68.6) |
 Separated/divorced/ widowed | 1439 (21.0) | 98 (27.4) |
 Never married | 232 (3.4) | 14 (3.9) |
Total household assets ($) | ||
  < =63,500 | 3731 (54.6) | 239 (67.0) |
  > 63,500 | 3109 (45.5) | 118 (33.1) |
Alcohol consumption (drinks/week) | ||
 None | 4031 (58.9) | 226 (63.3) |
 1–5 | 2715 (39.7) | 122 (34.2) |
 6 or more | 79 (1.2) | 6 (1.7) |
Chronic physical health conditions | ||
 0 | 2216 (32.4) | 90 (25.2) |
 1 | 2305 (33.7) | 124 (34.7) |
 2 or more | 2319 (34.0) | 143 (40.1) |
Acute depression | ||
 No | 3437 (50.2) | 134 (37.5) |
 Yes | 3117 (45.6) | 207 (58.0) |
Work category | ||
 Managerial | 1016 (14.8) | 38 (10.6) |
 Professional/technical | 1314 (19.2) | 52 (14.6) |
 Sales | 718 (10.5) | 27 (7.6) |
 Clerical/administrative | 1105 (16.1) | 40 (11.2) |
 Health care | 174 (2.5) | 27 (7.6) |
 Protection service | 121 (1.8) | 11 (3.1) |
 Household/building cleaning service & Food preparation service | 271 (4.0) | 16 (4.5) |
 Personal service | 438 (6.4) | 26 (7.3) |
 Mechanical/Repair | 202 (2.9) | 12 (3.4) |
 Farming/forestry/fishing | 200 (2.9) | 18 (5.0) |
 Construction/Extraction | 222 (3.2) | 20 (5.6) |
 Precision production | 184 (2.7) | 9 (2.5) |
 Operators: machine, transportation | 815 (11.9) | 57 (16.0) |
Work status | ||
 Full-time | 4391 (64.2) | 270 (75.6) |
 Part-time | 966 (14.1) | 45 (12.6) |
 Partly retired | 1483 (21.7) | 42 (11.8) |
Work tenure | ||
 Five years or less | 2966 (43.4) | 128 (35.8) |
 More than five years | 3486 (56.2) | 229 (64.1) |
Work-requirement factors: Does your job require | ||
 Excessive physical effort? | ||
  All/almost all the time | 1136 (16.6) | 98 (27.4) |
  Most of the time | 822 (12.0) | 64 (17.9) |
  Some of the time | 1799 (26.3) | 95 (26.6) |
  None/almost none of the time | 2255 (33.0) | 64 (17.9) |
 Lifting heavy loads? | ||
  All/almost all the time | 495 (7.2) | 54 (15.1) |
  Most of the time | 349 (5.1) | 27 (7.6) |
  Some of the time | 1418 (20.7) | 107 (30.0) |
  None/almost none of the time | 3750 (54.8) | 133 (37.2) |
 Stooping/kneeling/crouching? | ||
  All/almost all the time | 916 (13.4) | 94 (26.3) |
  Most of the time | 609 (9.0) | 47 (13.2) |
  Some of the time | 1972 (28.8) | 101 (28.3) |
  None/almost none of the time | 2516 (36.8) | 79 (22.1) |
Total | 6840 (94.8) | 357 (4.9) |