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the associations with worker characteristics
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Jun 29 2015
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Source: Am J Ind Med. 58(9):964-973.
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Alternative Title:Am J Ind Med
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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.
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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.
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Pubmed ID:26122700
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC5473608
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