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Table 5 Determinants of Occupational Injury

From: Occupational safety practice among metal workers in Bangladesh: a community-level study

Predictor Variables

Occupational injury

OR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Yes

No

  

Age

 Less than 25

21

6

1.00

1.00

 25 and above

147

29

1.45 (0.54, 3.90)

1.44 (0.42, 4.91)

Education

 No/ Primary

104

26

1.00

1.00

 Above Primary

62

9

1.72 (0.76, 3.91)

1.44 (0.58, 3.58)

Occupation

 Owner

121

27

1.00

1.00

 Other

47

8

1.31 (0.56, 3.09)

1.23 (0.34, 4.40)

Marital status

 Unmarried

18

5

1.00

1.00

 Married

150

30

1.39 (0.48, 4.03)

1.65 (0.40, 6.79)

Monthly family income

 < 15,000

85

21

1.00

1.00

 > =15,000

85

14

1.50 (0.72, 3.14)

1.30 (0.55, 3.08)

Number of workers

 1–3

93

29

1.00

1.00

 More than 3

77

6

4.00 (1.58, 10.14)***

3.33 (1.16, 9.58)**

Age of factory

 Less than 10

71

20

1.00

1.00

 10 and above

99

15

1.86 (0.89, 3.88)*

1.41 (0.62, 3.19)

Workplace is safe

 Strongly Agree/ Agree

83

19

1.02 (0.39, 2.67)

0.94 (0.31, 2.83)

 Neutral

30

7

1.00

1.00

 Strongly Disagree/ Disagree

56

9

1.45 (0.49, 4.29)

1.45 (0.43, 4.91)

Knowledge score

 < 4

20

5

1.00

1.00

 4

150

30

1.25 (0.44, 3.59)

2.56 (0.76, 8.63)

Practice score

  

1.21 (0.87, 1.68)

1.27 (0.86, 1.88)

  1. The result of the Hosmer and Lemshow test was > 0.333
  2. Mean VIF = 4.35
  3. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1