Area‐Based Socioeconomic Characteristics of Industries at High Risk for Violence in the Workplace

Myduc L Ta; Stephen W Marshall; Jay S Kaufman; Dana Loomis; Carri Casteel; Kenneth C Land

doi:10.1007/s10464-009-9263-7

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Area‐Based Socioeconomic Characteristics of Industries at High Risk for Violence in the Workplace

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Area‐Based Socioeconomic Characteristics of Industries at High Risk for Violence in the Workplace

Myduc L Ta, Stephen W Marshall, Jay S Kaufman, Dana Loomis, Carri Casteel and Kenneth C Land

American journal of community psychology, Vol.44(3-4), pp.249-260

12/2009

DOI: 10.1007/s10464-009-9263-7

PMID: 19838794

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Abstract

This study examined socioeconomic factors associated with the presence of workplaces belonging to industries reported to be at high risk for worker homicide. The proportion of 2004 North Carolina workplaces in high‐risk industries was computed following spatial linkage of individual workplaces to 2000 United States Census Block Groups (n = 3,925). Thirty census‐derived socioeconomic variables (selected a priori as potentially predictive of violence) were summarized using exploratory factor analysis into poverty/deprivation, human/economic capital, and transience/instability. Multinomial logistic regression models indicate associations between higher proportion of workplaces belonging to high‐risk industries and Block Groups with more poverty/deprivation or transience/instability and less human/economic capital. The relationship between human/economic capital and Block Groups proportion of high‐risk industry workplaces was modified by levels of transience/instability. Community characteristics therefore contribute to the potential for workplace violence, and future research should continue to understand the relationship between social context and workplace violence risk.

Community factors

High risk industry

Social context

Workplace violence

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Title: Subtitle: Area‐Based Socioeconomic Characteristics of Industries at High Risk for Violence in the Workplace
Creators: Myduc L Ta - Office of Epidemiology
Stephen W Marshall - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jay S Kaufman - McGill University
Dana Loomis - University of Nevada
Carri Casteel - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kenneth C Land - Duke University
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: American journal of community psychology, Vol.44(3-4), pp.249-260
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-009-9263-7
PMID: 19838794
NLM abbreviation: Am J Community Psychol
ISSN: 0091-0562
eISSN: 1573-2770
Publisher: Springer US
Number of pages: 12
Language: English
Date published: 12/2009
Academic Unit: Occupational and Environmental Health; Epidemiology; Injury Prevention Research Center
Record Identifier: 9984214789602771

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