Resource Tag: OCCUPATIONS. CARPENTERS

Mortality among members of two medium-sized trade unions, the union of carpenters/cabinet makers and the union of bricklayers was studied to investigate if the greater exposure to dust and organic solvents of the carpenters/cabinet makers caused any increase in mortality from lung diseases. The study did not reveal any significant differences in mortality regarding any […]

This study explores suicide risk among American carpenters. 1990 data is used. A bivariate analysis finds that carpenters are 1.996 times more likely than the rest of the working population to die by suicide. However, once controls are introduced for gender, ethnicity, marital status & other sociodemographic variables, carpenters are only 1.15 times more at […]

Past work on occupational groups has found higher suicide rates among manual workers than nonmanual workers. It is not clear if this is due to occupational strains or the covariates of manual worker status, e.g. gender & marital strain. This study explores suicide risk among carpenters. Once controls are introduced, carpenters are only 1.15 times […]