Journal article
Socioeconomic status and risk of car crash injury, independent of place of residence and driving exposure: Results from the DRIVE Study
HY Chen, RQ Ivers, ALC Martiniuk, S Boufous, T Senserrick, M Woodward, M Stevenson, R Norton
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health | Published : 2010
Abstract
Background Previous studies that found increased crash risks for young drivers of low socioeconomic status (SES) have failed to adjust for factors such as driving exposure and rural residence. This aim of this study is to examine the independent effect of SES on crash risk, adjusting for such factors, and to examine the relationship between injury severity following a crash and SES. Methods Information on risk factors for crash collected from 20 822 newly licenced drivers aged 17e24 years in New South Wales, Australia, as part of the DRIVE Study was prospectively linked to hospitalisation data. SES was classified as high, moderate or low based on the Australia 2001 Socio-Economic Index for A..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales (NSW), NRMA Motoring and Services, NRMA-ACT Road Safety Trust, NSW Health and the Motor Accidents Authority. RQI, TS, SB and MS received salary funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. ALCM was supported by a fellowship from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.