Socioeconomic Inequalities and Occupational Injury Disability in China: A Population-Based Survey

Haochen Wang, Gong Chen, Zhenjie Wang and Xiaoying Zheng
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Haochen Wang: Institute of Population Research, WHO Collaborating Center on Reproductive Health and Population Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Gong Chen: Institute of Population Research, WHO Collaborating Center on Reproductive Health and Population Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Zhenjie Wang: Institute of Population Research, WHO Collaborating Center on Reproductive Health and Population Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Xiaoying Zheng: Institute of Population Research, WHO Collaborating Center on Reproductive Health and Population Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

IJERPH, 2015, vol. 12, issue 6, 1-10

Abstract: Objective : To estimate the prevalence of occupational injury disability (OID) and to examine the socioeconomic status of OID in China. Methods : The data derived from the China National Sample Survey on Disability in 2006 involving people aged 16–59 years old. Descriptive statistics are used to measure OID’s prevalence, and a binary logistic regression is used to identify the risk factors. Results : The population-weighted prevalence of OID is 1.81 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.67–1.94). Socioeconomic risk factors include male sex, older age, living in urban areas, junior high school education, income below the poverty line, a lack of occupational injury insurance, living in the western region and working in high-risk occupations. Conclusions : OID is common among Chinese people aged 16–59 years old. Being male or older and having a lower income are risk factors for OID, similar to the results of previous research, but education is different. More training and education needs to be implemented to prevent OID.

Keywords: occupational injury disability; socioeconomic inequalities; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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