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| | Total | Age breakdowns | | | | | | | | | <14 14-15 16-17 | 12 13 14 15 16 17 | | | | | | |1. Work-related deaths, 1992-93 Number | 107 | 11 24 72 | | | (non-family business) Percent of total | 100.0% | 10.3% 22.4% 67.3% | | | Proportion of 14-15 number | | 0.458 1.000 3.000 | | | | | | | |2. Work-related deaths investigated Number | 104 | 3 11 90 | 1 2 1 10 27 63 | | by OSHA, 1984-87 Percent of total | 100.0% | 2.9% 10.6% 86.5% | 1.0% 1.9% 1.0% 9.6% 26.0% 60.6% | | Proportion of 14-15 number | | 0.273 1.000 8.182 | | | | | | | |3. Workers Compensation claims Number | 23823 | 306 2093 21424 | 306 586 1507 7241 14183 | | in 24 states, 1980 Percent of total | 100.0% | 1.3% 8.8% 89.9% | 1.3% 2.5% 6.3% 30.4% 59.5% | | Proportion of 14-15 number | | 0.146 1.000 10.236 | | | | | | | |4. Adolescents in New Hampshire, Percent employed | | 7.6% 34.9% | 1.4% 13.7% 37.0% 32.7% | | 1987-90 Proportion of 14-15 number | | 0.217 1.000 | | | | | | | |5. Work-related injuries in Mass., Number | 1176 | 111 1065 | 45 66 352 713 | | 1979-82 Percent of total | 100.0% | 9.4% 90.6% | 3.8% 5.6% 29.9% 60.6% | | | | | | |6. Working adolescents in New Number | 427578 | 146016 281562 | 54845 91171 118959 162603 | | York state, 1980-87 Percent of total | 100.0% | 34.1% 65.9% | 12.8% 21.3% 27.8% 38.0% | | Sources: 1. Derstine (1994) 2. Suruda and Halperin (1991) 3. Schober et al. (1988) 4. Yasuda (1991) Data come from payroll records for cohort in 8th grade in 1989, when age is assumed to be 14. 5. Brooks et al. (1993) 6. Belville et al. (1993)
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