Table 1

Comparison of participants to non-participants from a source population* of workers’ compensation claimants in Victoria

	Participants		Non-participants		χ² for diff	p Value
	n	%	n	%	χ² for diff	p Value
Total	869	100	1626	100
Sex
Males	471	54	960	59	5.42	0.02
Female	398	46	666	41	5.42	0.02
Injury type
Musculoskeletal	678	78	1296	80	0.97	0.32
Psychological	191	22	330	20	0.97	0.32
Age group
18–24 years	54	6	104	6	1.19	0.88
25–34 years	159	18	309	19
35–44 years	204	23	389	24
45–54 years	267	31	466	29
55+ years	185	21	358	22
Employment type
Full time	577	66	1144	70	5.60	0.06
Part time	184	21	283	17
Other	108	12	199	12
Industry†
Accommodation, food, arts and recreation services	47	6	97	6	35.8	0.0003
Admin, prof, scientific and tech	42	5	105	6
Construction	58	7	173	11
Other goods industries	23	3	56	3
Education and training	39	5	71	4
Financial and real estate	16	2	23	1
Healthcare and social assistance	215	27	317	19
Manufacturing	102	13	263	16
Public administration and safety	65	8	105	6
Retail trade	45	6	104	6
Transport and warehousing	62	8	166	10
Wholesale trade	45	6	101	6
Other service industries	31	4	45	3

*Source population refers to a random sample of all relevant claims in line with the study criteria during the period of observation.
†For participants, industry information is only available for the 790 respondents (91%) who agreed to have their survey data linked to their administrative claim record.