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 2 Main personal, employment, work career characteristics, and health status of workers by immigration status and year of work in the construction 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	%
		45,661	100	11,182	100	40,142	100	12,857	100
Worker characteristics
Age	< 25	8064	17.7	1710	15.3	5297	13.2	1749	13.6
	25–34	13,672	29.9	4658	41.7	11,103	27.7	4990	38.8
	35–44	13,363	29.3	3453	30.9	12,324	30.7	4232	32.9
	45–55	10,562	23.1	1362	12.2	11,418	28.4	1887	14.7
Employment
Job tenure (in months)	< 12 months	20,095	44.0	6527	15.3	15,270	38.0	5966	46.4
	1–4 years	15,922	34.9	4102	41.7	13,813	34.4	5184	40.3
	5–9 years	5456	11.9	449	30.9	6176	15.4	1445	11.2
	10–14 years	2011	4.4	94	12.2	2511	6.3	207	1.6
	≥ 15 years	2176	4.8	11	0.1	2373	5.9	56	0.4
Firm size (yearly average no. of employees)	1–9	24,249	53.1	7042	63.0	21,803	54.3	7609	59.2
	10–19	8706	19.1	1797	16.1	7437	18.5	2312	18.0
	20–199	10,643	23.3	2171	19.4	9247	23.0	2788	21.7
	> 199	2063	4.5	172	1.5	1655	4.1	148	1.2
Firm’s geographic location	Northwest	11,852	26.0	4423	39.6	9881	24.6	4885	38.0
	Northeast	9100	19.9	3194	28.6	7416	18.5	3091	24.0
	Central	8191	17.9	2719	24.3	7108	17.7	3601	28.0
	South and Islands	16,518	36.2	846	7.6	15,736	39.2	1279	10.0
Working career (in the 20 years preceding the year)
Prevailing skill level	Apprentice	7522	16.5	991	8.9	5266	13.1	1683	13.1
	Blue collar	37,730	82.6	10,183	91.1	34,484	85.9	11,167	86.9
	White collar	409	0.9	7	0.1	392	1.0	7	0.1
Cumulative duration as employee	< 12 months	2443	5.4	1039	9.3	1334	3.3	944	7.3
	1–4 years	10,283	22.5	6485	58	7576	18.9	5182	40.3
	5–9 years	10,714	23.5	2512	22.5	9684	24.1	4280	33.3
	10–14 years	10,655	23.3	731	6.54	10,108	25.2	1425	11.1
	≥ 15 years	11,565	25.3	415	3.71	11,439	28.5	1026	8.0
Quartile of wage in the 5 years preceding the beginning of follow-up	I	10,918	23.9	2609	23.3	9070	22.6	3164	24.6
	II	9174	20.1	3531	31.6	8316	20.7	3657	28.4
	III	10,953	24	3154	28.2	9461	23.6	3667	28.5
	IV	14,615	32	1888	16.9	13,295	33.1	2370	18.4
Prevailing economic sector	Metalworking	2692	5.9	450	4.02	1792	4.5	312	2.4
	Construction	37,376	81.9	9446	84.5	34,622	86.3	11,845	92.1
	Wholesale and retail trade	1137	2.49	169	1.51	785	2.0	89	0.7
	Transport, storage, and communication	559	1.22	118	1.06	389	1.0	72	0.6
	Financial and real estate	592	1.3	292	2.61	494	1.2	181	1.4
	Hotel and restaurant	422	0.92	152	1.36	310	0.8	79	0.6
	Other manufacturing	2042	4.47	394	3.53	1330	3.3	199	1.6
	Instruction and health services	338	0.74	32	0.29	206	0.5	21	0.2
	Missing	502	1.1	128	1.15	214	0.5	58	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	401	0.88	24	0.2	340	0.8	73	0.6
	0	26,085	57.1	7959	71.2	23,018	57.3	9264	72.0
	1–4	12,627	27.7	2074	18.5	11,506	28.7	2570	20.0
	5–9	4019	8.8	683	6.1	3460	8.6	629	4.9
	10–19	1947	4.26	322	2.9	1425	3.5	244	1.9
	20–49	527	1.15	105	0.9	375	0.9	71	0.6
	50–74	42	0.09	12	0.1	13	0.0	3	0.0
	75–100	13	0.03	3	0.0	6	0.0	4	0.0

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

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