Bivariate analyses of associations between area level socioeconomic status variables and injury
| Area level socioeconomic status variable* | Medically treated injury | Injury hospitalisation | Sport/recreational injury | Fighting injury | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | ||
| * Each variable examined individually. | |||||||||
| Lone parent families | |||||||||
| I | Low (<12.5%) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| II | Medium (12.5%–15.1%) | 0.87 | (0.73 to 1.05) | 1.57 | (0.97 to 2.52) | 0.89 | (0.73 to 1.09) | 1.12 | (0.59 to 2.11) |
| III | High (15.1%–17.7%) | 0.85 | (0.71 to 1.02) | 1.69 | (1.05 to 2.72) | 0.91 | (0.75 to 1.12) | 0.97 | (0.50 to 1.87) |
| IV | Very high (>17.7%) | 0.82 | (0.69 to 0.98) | 2.16 | (1.38 to 3.40) | 0.85 | (0.70 to 1.04) | 1.11 | (0.59 to 2.07) |
| Unemployment rate | |||||||||
| I | Low (<5.5%) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| II | Medium (5.5%–6.7%) | 1.09 | (0.92 to 1.30) | 1.01 | (0.65 to 1.59) | 0.98 | (0.80 to 1.19) | 1.57 | (0.85 to 2.88) |
| III | High (6.7%–9.0%) | 0.95 | (0.80 to 1.13) | 0.97 | (0.62 to 1.52) | 0.92 | (0.76 to 1.13) | 0.95 | (0.49 to 1.81) |
| IV | Very high (>9.0%) | 0.98 | (0.82 to 1.17) | 1.35 | (0.88 to 2.07) | 0.81 | (0.66 to 0.99) | 1.11 | (0.59 to 2.11) |
| Less than high school education | |||||||||
| I | Low (<22.4%) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| II | Medium (22.4%–27.9%) | 0.94 | (0.79 to 1.12) | 1.56 | (1.00 to 2.43) | 0.86 | (0.71 to 1.04) | 0.74 | (0.39 to 1.41) |
| III | High (27.9%–35.4%) | 0.93 | (0.78 to 1.11) | 1.33 | (0.84 to 2.10) | 0.80 | (0.65 to 0.97) | 0.92 | (0.50 to 1.71) |
| IV | Very high (>35.4%) | 0.97 | (0.82 to 1.16) | 2.17 | (1.42 to 3.33) | 0.82 | (0.68 to 1.00) | 1.02 | (0.56 to 1.87) |
| Average employment income | |||||||||
| I | Very high (>$33442) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| II | High ($28994–$33442) | 0.87 | (0.85 to 0.88) | 1.20 | (0.77 to 1.88) | 0.80 | (0.66 to 0.97) | 0.87 | (0.46 to 1.65) |
| III | Medium ($25610–$28994) | 0.91 | (0.77 to 1.09) | 1.37 | (0.88 to 2.12) | 0.77 | (0.64 to 0.93) | 1.15 | (0.63 to 2.12) |
| IV | Low (<$25610) | 0.94 | (0.78 to 1.12) | 1.64 | (1.06 to 2.53) | 0.90 | (0.74 to 1.09) | 0.98 | (0.52 to 1.86) |