Table 1

Percentage of sample having received safety training and having received no training, in the past 12 months, by job tenure. 1999, 2001 and 2003 Workplace and Employee Survey samples

Tenure with employer	1999, 2001 and 2003 WES Samples (n = 59 159*)
	n*	Safety training†	Probability of having received safety training in the past 12 months
	n*	Safety training†	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	Adjusted‡ OR (95% CI)
Ref, reference; WES, Workplace and Employee Survey.
*All frequency counts are weighted estimates, representing the Canadian working population.
†Sum of OH&S, equipment and orientation training.
‡Adjusted for age, sex, immigrant status, membership in union or CBA, occupation, employment status, wage, receiving benefits, receiving family-support programs, workplace size, non-profit workplace, industry and province of head office.
Men
Tenure (years)
>5	15422	15.7	Ref	Ref
4–5	1596	15.6	0.98 (0.74 to 1.29)	1.00 (0.72 to 1.35)
3–4	2412	13.5	0.82 (0.61 to 1.09)	0.90 (0.68 to 1.19)
2–3	2953	14.3	0.87 (0.69 to 1.10)	0.93 (0.73 to 1.18)
1–2	3606	16.9	1.10 (0.90 to 1.34)	1.19 (0.96 to 1.47)
⩽1	2650	21.4	1.48 (1.19 to 1.84)	1.66 (1.29 to 2.12)
Year
1999	10318	13.6	Ref	Ref
2001	9347	16.4	1.26 (1.07 to 1.48)	1.22 (1.04 to 1.44)
2003	8975	18.5	1.47 (1.24 to 1.74)	1.44 (1.21 to 1.71)

Women
Tenure (years)
>5	15150	11.0	Ref	Ref
4–5	2041	11.3	1.01 (0.71 to 1.44)	1.06 (0.73 to 1.53)
3–4	2514	9.6	0.86 (0.63 to 1.17)	0.83 (0.59 to 1.18)
2–3	3345	10.3	0.93 (0.74 to 1.18)	0.97 (0.75 to 1.26)
1–2	4448	14.6	1.37 (1.07 to 1.75)	1.44 (1.09 to 1.91)
⩽1	3022	21.2	2.16 (1.76 to 2.65)	2.36 (1.83 to 3.05)
Year
1999	11103	12.4	Ref	Ref
2001	9353	11.8	0.97 (0.76 to 1.22)	0.91 (0.72 to 1.15)
2003	10063	12.8	1.05 (0.84 to 1.32)	1.04 (0.83 to 1.30)