Understanding the differences in occupational injuries due to accidents among native-born and immigrant workers in Sweden: a repeated cross-sectional register-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Immigrants continue to face challenges after entering the labor market and remain overrepresented in '3-D jobs' (dirty, difficult, degrading). This study aims to investigate the differences in occupational injury due to accidents (OIA) among immigrants compared to native-born workers in Sweden, and to examine the role of migrant-specific and work factors in these differences.

Methods

This repeated cross-sectional study used nationwide registers including all gainfully employed individuals in 2004-2020 (average annual sample 4.5 million individuals). OIA was treated as a binary outcome and migrant status was categorized based on region of birth and reason for immigration. OIA odds were estimated using pooled logistic regression analyses, where the crude model was a

SUBMITTER: Elling DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12418639 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature