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

Table 3

Type of work according to type of injury in the Palestinian HBSC-2006 study.

Type of work	Type of injury
	Back pain		Muscle pain		Injuries, deep scratches, or wounds		Bone fractures		Eye injuries		Exposure to poisonous or burn-causing materials		Other, specify
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
Agricultural production	423	33.0^∗	178	13.9	137	10.7	92	7.2	66	5.1	30	2.3	117	9.1
Retail trade	814	24.5	398	12.0	317	9.5	213	6.4	141	4.2	69	2.1	472	14.2
Street traders	72	17.7	49	11.3	35	8.0	21	4.8	22	5.1	5	1.1	66	15.2
Tool maintenance work	45	19.8	30	13.2	47	20.7^∗	29	12.8	21	9.3	6	2.6	13	5.7
Cleaners	43	21.1	28	13.7	27	13.2	33	16.2^∗	27	13.2^∗	8	3.9	19	9.3
Movement of goods	47	25.4	33	17.8	25	13.5	18	9.7	14	7.6	7	3.8	20	10.8
Building construction/maintenance	42	25.1	33	19.8^∗	14	8.4	15	9.0	10	6.0	4	2.4	20	12.0
Workshops like carpenting, mechanics, aluminum	19	19.0	15	15.0	20	20.0	10	10.0	8	8.0	5	5.0^∗	7	7.0
House work	158	29.7	59	11.1	34	6.4	29	5.5	11	2.1	10	1.9	97	18.2^∗

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