Gender Differences in Commuting Injuries in Spain and Their Impact on Injury Prevention

Table 7

Frequency and percentage distribution of commuting accidents by gender and by type of contract. Spain (2006–2010).

	Traffic-related injury				Nontraffic-related injury
	Number	Men (%)	Women (%)	c.s.r.	Number	Men (%)	Women (%)	c.s.r.
Total	265,749	55.5	44.5		167,337	43.8	56.2
	Chi-Squared = 13,483.003  d.f. = 2				Chi-Squared = 9,535.525  d.f. = 2
Full-time contract	226,759	60.1	39.9	−115.4	137,241	49.3	50.7	−97.3
Part-time temporary contract	34,542	27.5	72.5	112.2	26,676	17.7	82.3	93.7
Part-time permanent contract	4,448	37.7	62.3	24.1	3,420	25.6	74.4	21.7

Notes. The csr refers to the column “percentages of accidents suffered by women.” A “part-time permanent contract” refers to an employment contract for services that are not required on a continuous basis every day of the year. Source. Prepared by the authors using the anonymous data on occupational accidents provided by the Subdirección General de Estadística of the Ministerio de Empleo y Seguridad Social.