@article{ref1,
title="Marital formation in individuals with work-related permanent impairment",
journal="Disability and health journal",
year="2013",
author="Scott-Marshall, Heather and Tompa, Emile and Liao, Qing and Fang, Miao",
volume="6",
number="1",
pages="43-51",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Prior studies on the impact of disabling work injury have neglected social support as a key mediating factor. This study investigates how permanent impairment from a work injury affects marital formation, an indicator of social support and integration with the potential to affect psychosocial adjustment and the resumption of productive social roles following work injury. HYPOTHESES: Adjusting for socio-demographic and economic factors associated with marriageability, we expect that individuals with a work-related permanent impairment will have a lower rate of marital formation compared to their non-injured counterparts. METHODS: Drawing on a linkage of workers' compensation claims data with income tax information, we undertake a duration modeling analysis comparing workers who have sustained a workplace injury with a matched sample of non-injured controls to examine time to marital formation in each group. RESULTS: Women who suffered a disabling work injury were 17% less likely to marry relative to controls. High levels of physical impairment reduced the rate of marriage in women by 22%. We did not find an effect of impairment on marriage probability in models adjusted for income in men. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings underscore the importance of examining the social and interpersonal consequences of work injury, factors not currently addressed by the occupational rehabilitation system.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1936-6574",
doi="10.1016/j.dhjo.2012.10.001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2012.10.001"
}