the associations with worker characteristics

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Ind Med
• Personal Author:
  Sparer, Emily H. ; Okechukwu, Cassandra A. ; Manjourides, Justin ; Herrick, Robert F. ; Katz, Jeffrey N. ; Dennerlein, Jack T.
• Description:
  Background
  
  Construction workers move frequently from jobsite to jobsite, yet little is documented about length of stay on-site and associations with worker characteristics.
  
  Method
  
  Using cross-sectional data, we investigated associations between worker characteristics (including trade and musculoskeletal pain) and length of stay on-site (dichotomized as
  Results
  
  Approximately 56% of workers remained on the worksite for at least one month. Length of stay was significantly associated with workers’ race/ethnicity, union status, title, trade, and musculoskeletal pain (p-values<0.05). Trades associated with longer length of stay included pipefitters and plumbers. Trades associated with shorter length of stay included operators and piledrivers. Workers with single-location pain had 2.21 times (95%CI: 1.52, 3.19) the odds of being short-term versus long-term, adjusting for trade, title, and race/ethnicity.
  
  Conclusion
  
  The length of stay and associated characteristics provide important insight into how workers come and go on construction sites and the methodological challenges associated with traditional intervention evaluations.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Construction Industry Cross-Sectional Studies Employment Ethnicity Female Humans Labor Unions Male Middle Aged Musculoskeletal Pain Occupational Diseases Odds Ratio Racial Groups Time Factors Work Workplace

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• Source:
  Am J Ind Med. 58(9):964-973.
• Pubmed ID:
  26122700
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5473608
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  T42 OH008416/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States ; U60 OH009762/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States ; U54 OH008307/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States ; T32 AR055885/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States ; T32AR055885/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States ; T42OH008416/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  58
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:683e927904aa6dc261d8d9aa1b71b5f62025ebbed459822365c4756589f66981
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/46252/cdc_46252_DS1.pdf
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