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[Differences in occupational accidents in Spain according to the worker's country of origin]
Eduardo Rubiales-Gutiérrez1, Andrés A Agudelo-Suárez, María José López-Jacob
1Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, España.
Objective:
Compare the occupational accidents between autochthonous and immigrant workers in Spain.
Material And Methods:
Data were obtained from the Spanish Survey of Working Conditions. Nationality was considered as an explicative variable, and the country of origin was regrouped according to the Human Development Index-HDI. Occupational accidents were the outcome. Other variables included were sociodemographic and employment conditions. Prevalences were calculated as well as simple and adjusted odds ratio (OR) (logistic regression) with a 95% confidence interval (CI 95%).
Results:
The prevalence of occupational accidents was 12.7% (women, 11.1%) for workers from low HDI countries and 10.3% (women, 8.1%) for Spaniards. A higher risk of occupational accidents was observed among women from low HDI countries compared to Spaniards (adjusted OR 1.66; 95%CI 1.21-2.28).
Discussion:
It is necessary to conduct a more thorough causal analysis of occupational accidents among immigrants in order to identify risk factors and strengthen prevention and control strategies.
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