title: Work-related violence experienced by urban taxi drivers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study measured violence (physical assault, robbery, or weapon confrontation) in taxi drivers, and determined socio-demographic/work factors associated with violence.
  
  
  METHODS
  In 2010, 130 taxi drivers, working in a large city in the Western US, were administered a survey evaluating workplace violence events.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study population was male (94%), mean age 45, married (54%), foreign-born (55%), with 24% speaking Arabic at home. Drivers drove at night (51%), for an average of 9.7 years and 41 hr/week. Almost half reported a history of violence during their driving careers: physical assault, weapon confrontation, or robbery. In the prior 12 months, 12% were physically assaulted, 8% robbed, and 6% confronted with a weapon. Night drivers reported more assaults over their lifetime compared to day drivers (mean = 1.64 [sd 4.29] vs. mean = 0.53 [sd 1.05], P = 0.047).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Taxi drivers experience violence at work. Strategies are needed to prevent violence especially in night drivers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: Barbara J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Burgel
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gillen
authors.forename: Mary C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001334:Automobile Driving; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012495:San Francisco / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D064450:Workplace Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: occupational health and safety; prevention; taxi drivers; violence