Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics
Not working sample (n = 309) | Working sample (n = 123) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |
Gender | ||||
Male | 268 | 86.7 | 107 | 87.0 |
Female | 41 | 13.3 | 16 | 13.0 |
Age (Mean, SD) | 48.5 | (10.2) | 46.0 | (9.8) |
Duration of Work Disability (Median / Range: Month) | 10.3 | (0–58) | 23 | (7–73) |
Injured area of the body (more than one) | ||||
Spine | 154 | 41.7 | 44 | 35.8 |
Upper | 94 | 25.5 | 38 | 30.9 |
Lower | 121 | 32.8 | 64 | 52.0 |
Industrial Sector | ||||
Manufacturing | 128 | 41.4 | 52 | 42.3 |
Service | 59 | 19.1 | 36 | 29.3 |
Construction | 93 | 30.1 | 17 | 13.8 |
Others | 29 | 9.4 | 18 | 14.6 |
Job Category | ||||
Managers/professionals/clerks | 40 | 12.9 | 35 | 28.5 |
Service/Sales workers | 22 | 7.1 | 47 | 38.2 |
Craft workers/ Plant, machine operators/ assemblers | 153 | 49.5 | 24 | 19.5 |
Elementary workers | 92 | 29.8 | 17 | 13.8 |
Others | 2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
Type of Return to work | ||||
pre-injury work | – | – | 86 | 69.9 |
new work | – | – | 37 | 30.1 |