title: Risk of work injury among adolescent students from single and partnered parent families.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Parental involvement in keeping their children safe at work has been examined in a handful of studies, with mixed results. Evidence has suggested that non-work injury risk is higher among children from single-parent families, but little is known about their risk for work-related injuries.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five survey cycles of the Canadian Community Health Survey were pooled to create a nationally representative sample of employed 15-19-year old students (N = 16,620). Multivariable logistic regression estimated the association between family status and work injury.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Risk of work-related repetitive strains (OR:1.24, 95%CI: 0.69-2.22) did not differ by family type. However, children of single parents were less likely to sustain a work injury receiving immediate medical care (OR:0.43, 95%CI: 0.19-0.96).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite advantages and disadvantages related to family types, there is no evidence that work-related injury risk among adolescents from single parent families is greater than that of partnered-parent families. Am. J. Ind. Med. 60:285-294, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio.
authors.forename: Imelda S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Ontario.
authors.forename: F Curtis
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Breslin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D020954:Single-Parent Family / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: adolescent; employment; parents; repetitive work strain injuries; work injuries