Differences in work injury risk between immigrants and natives: changes since the economic recession in Italy

Giraudo, Massimiliano; Bena, Antonella; Mosca, Michele; Farina, Elena; Leombruni, Roberto; Costa, Giuseppe

doi:10.1186/s12889-019-7178-2

BMC Public Health

Table 1 – Main personal, employment, work career characteristics, and health status of workers by immigration status and year of work in the metalworking industry before propensity score matching

From: Differences in work injury risk between immigrants and natives: changes since the economic recession in Italy

		2005				2010
		HIC^a		SMPC^b		HIC^a		SMPC^b
		Person years	%	Person years	%	Person years	%	Person years	%
		63,605	100	7505	100	53,984	100	8487	100
Worker characteristics
Age	< 25	7584	11.9	796	10.6	4608	8.5	793	9.3
	25–34	21,474	33.8	2742	36.5	14,859	27.5	2554	30.1
	35–44	19,729	31.0	2777	37.0	19,040	35.3	3181	37.5
	45–55	14,817	23.3	1189	15.8	15,477	28.7	1958	23.1
Employment
Job tenure (in months)	< 12 months	12,049	18.9	2586	34.5	7390	13.7	1967	23.2
	1–4 years	18,887	29.7	3557	47.4	14,916	27.6	3585	42.2
	5–9 years	13,499	21.2	1010	13.5	11,910	22.1	2138	25.2
	10–14 years	7171	11.3	243	3.2	8477	15.7	595	7.0
	≥ 15 years	11,998	18.9	110	1.5	11,291	20.9	201	2.4
Firm size (yearly average no. of employees)	1–9	12,515	19.7	1996	26.6	10,921	20.2	2160	25.5
	10–19	9282	14.6	1561	20.8	7849	14.5	1712	20.2
	20–199	23,569	37.1	3024	40.3	20,096	37.2	3600	42.4
	> 199	18,239	28.7	924	12.3	15,118	28.0	1015	12.0
Firm’s geographic location	Northwest	24,681	38.8	3111	41.5	20,131	37.3	3472	40.9
	Northeast	18,174	28.6	3198	42.6	15,757	29.2	3516	41.4
	Central	8483	13.3	907	12.1	7493	13.9	1047	12.3
	South and Islands	12,267	19.3	288	3.8	10,604	19.6	452	5.3
Working career (in the 20 years preceding the year)
Prevailing skill level	Apprentice	5886	9.3	516	6.9	4032	7.5	588	6.9
	Blue collar	56,936	89.5	6976	93.0	49,195	91.1	7876	92.8
	White collar	782	1.2	12	0.2	756	1.4	22	0.3
Cumulative duration as employee	< 12 months	1502	2.36	421	5.62	671	1.2	248	2.9
	1–4 years	8863	13.9	3422	45.6	5736	10.6	2442	28.8
	5–9 years	12,581	19.8	2123	28.3	8910	16.5	3202	37.7
	10–14 years	16,164	25.4	1005	13.4	15,559	28.8	1747	20.6
	≥ 15 years	24,495	38.5	533	7.11	23,109	42.8	848	10.0
Quartile of wage in the 5 years preceding the beginning of follow-up	I	12,601	19.8	2765	36.8	10,083	18.7	3121	36.8
	II	14,305	22.5	2551	34	12,001	22.2	2693	31.7
	III	17,285	27.2	1498	20	14,732	27.3	1753	20.7
	IV	19,415	30.5	691	9.21	17,169	31.8	920	10.8
Prevailing economic sector	Metalworking	53,983	84.9	5811	77.4	46,801	86.7	7072	83.3
	Construction	2329	3.66	406	5.41	1970	3.6	442	5.2
	Wholesale and retail trade	1743	2.74	109	1.46	1196	2.2	92	1.1
	Transport, storage, and communication	417	0.65	100	1.33	313	0.6	55	0.6
	Financial and real estate	998	1.57	465	6.2	926	1.7	425	5.0
	Hotel and restaurant	339	0.53	100	1.33	217	0.4	66	0.8
	Other manufacturing	3170	4.98	411	5.47	2113	3.9	271	3.2
	Instruction and health services	200	0.31	28	0.38	162	0.3	22	0.3
	Missing	428	0.67	75	0.99	285	0.5	42	0.5
Health status in the 5 years preceding the beginning of follow-up
Ratio between no. of weeks of sickness absence and total paid weeks (in %) in the 5 years preceding the beginning of follow-up	Missing	123	0.19	7	0.1	109	0.2	18	0.2
	0	34,006	53.5	4474	59.6	29,477	54.6	5216	61.5
	1–4	21,352	33.6	2182	29.1	18,232	33.8	2539	29.9
	5–9	5788	9.1	566	7.5	4486	8.3	520	6.1
	10–19	1975	3.1	231	3.1	1469	2.7	163	1.9
	20–49	344	0.54	37	0.5	202	0.4	30	0.4
	50–74	11	0.02	4	0.1	6	0.0	2	0.0
	75–100	6	0.01	1	0.0	4	0.0	0	0.0

a: HIC - high income country b: SMPC - strong migratory pressure country

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