Time allocation between work and recreation and the associated injury risks among young people

Time allocation between work and recreation and the associated injury risks among young people

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between overall risk of injury and time use patterns between work and active recreation among adolescents and young adults. Using a representative sample of 9,795 Canadians aged 15–24 years, a multivariate logistic regression on the likelihoo...

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Published in:Journal of safety research Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 373 - 379
Main Authors: Breslin, F.C., Karmakar, S.D., Smith, P., Etches, J., Mustard, C.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Elsevier Ltd 01-01-2007
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Athletic Injuries
Employment
Female
Humans
Male
Multivariate analysis
Occupational Health
Ontario
Recreation
Risk Assessment
Risk factors
Socioeconomic factors
Sports injuries
Time & motion studies
Time Use
Young Adult
Young adults
Ontario
Canada
SES
Young Adult
AOR
CCHS
Time Use
Occupational Health
CI
Adolescent
Athletic Injuries
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between overall risk of injury and time use patterns between work and active recreation among adolescents and young adults. Using a representative sample of 9,795 Canadians aged 15–24 years, a multivariate logistic regression on the likelihood of any medically attended injury was conducted, including sociodemographic, individual, and time factors. Young people who engaged in a combination of high work and high activity hours were twice as likely to sustain a medically attended injury compared to those who worked low hours, but did not participate in any recreational activity. Those respondents who were not in school had a 43% increase in injury risk compared to full-time students. Our findings suggest that injury risk was not a simple function of fatigue and cumulative exposure time. Our findings suggest the importance of considering time use and the associated injury risk tradeoffs. Relevant to state and federal work safety policy makers, our findings suggest the importance of understanding where youth might otherwise spend their time if constraint were placed on their employment opportunities, and the associated injury risk tradeoffs must be taken into consideration.
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ISSN:0022-4375
1879-1247
DOI:10.1016/j.jsr.2007.01.009