Callander E J, Lloyd C
Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia.
College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia.
Occup Med (Lond). 2016 Nov 1;66(8):607-613. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqw083.
Research shows that employment rates are low post injury.
To quantify the economic impact of a long-term injury and identify whether having a tertiary level of education attainment would offset this impact.
Cross-sectional analysis of the 2012 Survey of Disability, Aging and Carers, which is nationally representative of the Australian population.
Males with any long-term injury had incomes 41% less than males with no chronic health condition (95% confidence interval [CI] -49.3%, -31.6%). For males with a long-term injury, there was no significant difference in the likelihood of being not in the labour force between those with and without a tertiary qualification (odds ratio [OR] 0.83, 95% CI 0.45-1.52). There was no significant difference in the incomes of females with any long-term injury compared with those with no chronic health conditions. For females with a long-term injury, there was a significant difference in the likelihood of being not in the labour force between those with and without a tertiary qualification (OR 0.37, 95% CI 0.17-0.80). If men with a long-term injury had the same probability of participating in the workforce as women, the percentage of men not in the labour force would reduce from 37 to 18%.
Having a long-term injury was a significant personal cost in terms of labour force absence and lower income for males regardless of higher education attainment. For females, sustaining a long-term injury did not appear to significantly affect income.
研究表明，受伤后就业率较低。
量化长期受伤的经济影响，并确定拥有高等教育程度是否会抵消这种影响。
对2012年残疾、老龄化和护理调查进行横断面分析，该调查具有澳大利亚全国人口代表性。
任何长期受伤的男性收入比没有慢性健康问题的男性低41%（95%置信区间[CI]-49.3%，-31.6%）。对于长期受伤的男性，有和没有高等学历的男性不在劳动力队伍中的可能性没有显著差异（优势比[OR]0.83，95%CI 0.45-1.52）。与没有慢性健康问题的女性相比，任何长期受伤的女性收入没有显著差异。对于长期受伤的女性，有和没有高等学历的女性不在劳动力队伍中的可能性有显著差异（OR 0.37，95%CI 0.17-0.80）。如果长期受伤的男性与女性有相同的劳动力参与概率，不在劳动力队伍中的男性比例将从37%降至18%。
无论高等教育程度如何，长期受伤对男性来说在劳动力缺失和收入降低方面都是一项巨大的个人成本。对于女性而言，遭受长期伤害似乎并未对收入产生显著影响。
