Labor and Related Injuries among Schoolchildren in Palestine: Findings from the National Study of Palestinian Schoolchildren (HBSC-WBG2006)

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of adolescents according to work status and related injuries in the Palestinian HBSC-2006 study.

Sociodemographic characteristics					Work shift
	Low intensity (<3 h/d)		High intensity (≥3 h/d)		During school hours		Before school hours		After school hours		On the weekend		End of school semester/academic year		Work related injuries
	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛
Gender
Boys	42.6	1439	𝟓𝟕.𝟒^∗	1941	16.7	514	13.7	420	𝟐𝟔.𝟖^∗	823	21.4	658	𝟐𝟏.𝟑^∗	654	𝟖𝟏.𝟕^∗	2760
Girls	𝟓𝟖.𝟑^∗	807	41.7	578	𝟐𝟎.𝟖^∗	240	𝟏𝟔.𝟎^∗	185	22.7	262	𝟐𝟔.𝟐^∗	303	14.3	165	73.0	1011
Grade
6th grade	48.1	650	51.9	702	𝟐𝟑.𝟏^∗	274	15.7	186	27.8	330	20.3	241	13.1	155	𝟖𝟐.𝟔^∗	1117
8th grade	48.0	609	52.0	661	18.5	207	𝟏𝟔.𝟔^∗	185	22.1	247	𝟐𝟒.𝟓^∗	274	18.3	204	76.9	976
10th grade	44.5	510	55.5	635	11.9	121	11.7	119	𝟐𝟖.𝟖^∗	294	23.5	240	𝟐𝟒.𝟐^∗	247	76.3	874
12th grade	47.8	477	52.2	521	16.9	152	12.8	115	23.8	214	22.9	206	23.7	213	80.6	804
School ownership
Gov.	𝟒𝟕.𝟕^∗	1843	52.3	2019	17.7	607	𝟏𝟒.𝟖^∗	507	26.0	890	22.1	756	19.3	661	79.5	3071
UNRWA	46.2	279	53.8	325	𝟐𝟎.𝟎^∗	108	14.2	77	𝟐𝟖.𝟑^∗	153	22.7	123	14.8	80	𝟖𝟐.𝟑^∗	497
Private	41.5	124	𝟓𝟖.𝟓^∗	175	14.9	39	8.0	21	16.0	42	𝟑𝟏.𝟑^∗	82	𝟐𝟗.𝟖^∗	78	67.9	203
Region
West Bank	𝟒𝟗.𝟏^∗	1295	50.9	1345	17.2	399	12.4	289	25.4	590	𝟐𝟑.𝟏^∗	536	𝟐𝟏.𝟗^∗	509	77.1	2036
Gaza Strip	44.8	951	𝟓𝟓.𝟐^∗	1174	𝟏𝟖.𝟕^∗	355	𝟏𝟔.𝟔^∗	316	𝟐𝟔.𝟎^∗	495	22.4	425	16.3	310	𝟖𝟏.𝟔^∗	1735
FAS
FAS 1 (low)	𝟓𝟎.𝟏^∗	1421	49.9	1417	𝟏𝟖.𝟒^∗	465	14.6	369	25.8	653	22.2	562	18.9	478	79.0	2243
FAS 2 (moderate)	43.0	482	57.0	639	16.2	163	𝟏𝟒.𝟗^∗	150	𝟐𝟔.𝟒^∗	265	22.6	227	19.8	199	80.6	904
FAS 3 (high)	39.8	208	𝟔𝟎.𝟐^∗	315	14.7	68	9.7	45	24.6	114	𝟐𝟔.𝟕^∗	124	𝟐𝟒.𝟒^∗	113	78.6	411
Father’s education
Low education	47.2	1594	52.8	1784	18.3	553	13.6	410	26.0	785	22.9	691	19.2	581	79.5	2686
High education	45.5	522	54.5	626	16.3	165	15.1	153	25.8	261	23.3	236	19.4	196	80.0	918
Mother’s education
Low education	47.4	1457	52.6	1614	𝟏𝟗.𝟏^∗	522	𝟏𝟓.𝟎^∗	410	25.3	690	21.9	597	18.7	509	79.1	2429
High education	45.7	689	54.3	819	14.9	201	12.5	169	𝟐𝟕.𝟐^∗	367	𝟐𝟒.𝟒^∗	329	𝟐𝟎.𝟗^∗	282	80.5	1214

𝑛: sample size; 𝑃 value of chi-square test.
∗Significant at 𝑃<0.05.