Table 2:

Work conditions of survey participants

Characteristic	Unweighted no. of participants n = 634	Unadjusted estimate, %	RDS-II adjusted estimate,^* % (95% CI)^†
Average no. of paid work hours per week in the previous year
< 30	282	44.5	49.3 (40.9–57.8)
≥ 30	318	50.2	50.7 (42.2–59.1)
Missing	34	5.4
Main employment type in the previous year^‡
Casual or on contract (part-time or full-time) or self-employed	399	62.9	65.3 (57.4–73.1)
Permanent part-time or full-time	225	35.5	34.7 (26.9–42.6)
Missing	10	1.6
Union membership
No	314	49.5	53.8 (45.7–61.9)
Yes	310	48.9	46.2 (38.1–54.3)
Missing	10	1.6
Paid sick days^‡
No	547	86.3	89.5 (85.8–93.3)
Yes	76	12.0	10.5 (6.7–14.2)
Missing	11	1.7
No. of paid sick days received (among those with paid sick days, n = 76)
0–5	14	18.4	18.9 (0.0–40.2)
6–10	31	40.8	35.2 (14.5–56.0)
≥ 10	28	36.8	45.8 (23.2–68.5)
Missing	3	4.0
Retirement income plan from employer^‡
No	386	60.9	67.2 (59.5–74.8)
Yes	226	35.7	32.8 (25.2–40.5)
Missing	22	3.5
Other employment benefits from employer (e.g., dental, medications)^‡
No	438	69.1	74.1 (66.8–81.4)
Yes	176	27.8	25.9 (18.6–33.2)
Missing	20	3.2
Financial assistance received from government^§
Housing	73	11.5	13.5 (6.6–20.5)
Child care	155	24.5	26.2 (18.7–33.7)
Recreation	27	4.3	4.7 (1.5–8)
Food allowances	54	8.5	7.9 (5.1–10.7)
Dental	71	11.2	10.7 (5.1–16.2)
Vision	39	6.2	5.2 (3.0–7.4)
Prescription drugs	77	12.2	11.4 (7.6–15.2)
Assistive living devices	5	0.8	0.9 (0.0–2)
Transit passes	28	4.4	4.8 (2.0–7.6)
Student grants	26	4.1	5.6 (2.4–8.8)
Electricity grants	69	10.9	11.5 (7.2–15.7)
Disability supports	10	1.6	2.8 (0.6–5.1)
Other	23	3.6	2.8 (1.4–4.2)
Frequency of knowing work schedule 1 week in advance^‡
Half the time, some of the time or never	194	30.6	31.9 (24.1–39.8)
All the time or most of the time	413	65.1	68.1 (60.2–75.9)
Missing	27	4.3
Perceived likelihood of reprisal for raising health and safety or employment rights concern to employer^‡
Not likely or not likely at all	353	55.7	56.5 (47.9–65.2)
Somewhat likely, likely or very likely	261	41.2	43.5 (34.8–52.1)
Missing	20	3.2
Work-related injuries or sickness in the previous year
No	430	67.8	74.5 (68.3–80.7)
Yes	177	27.9	25.5 (19.3–31.7)
Missing	27	4.3
No. of working days missed (among those with work-related injuries or sickness, n = 177)
0–5	79	44.6	46.2 (31.0–61.4)
6–10	28	15.8	16.3 (7.8–24.8)
≥ 10	50	28.3	37.5 (22.7–52.3)
Missing	20	11.3
WSIB claim filed (among those with work-related injuries or sickness, n = 177)
No	136	76.8	81.2 (73.6–88.8)
Yes	41	23.2	18.8 (11.2–26.4)
Worker’s empowerment to participate in injury and illness prevention
Empowered	89	14.0	12.1 (6.0–18.2)
Not empowered	545	86.0	87.9 (81.8–94.0)
Experience with discrimination based on given variable^§
Race or ethnicity	137	21.6	21.4 (16.3–26.5)
Gender	11	1.7	1.8 (0–3.6)
Age	24	3.8	4 (2–6.1)
Sexual orientation	2	0.3	0.6 (0–1.5)
Disability	5	0.8	0.7 (0–1.6)
Immigration status	63	9.9	9.9 (4.0–15.7)
Other	50	7.9	8.2 (3.8–12.5)

Note: CI = confidence interval, RDS = respondent-driven sampling, WSIB = Workplace Safety and Insurance Board.
↵* Missing data were not included in the distribution of percent estimates.
↵† Negative CI values were truncated at 0.
↵‡ Measure from the Employment Precarity Index.
↵§ Participants were able to select multiple options. Therefore, each category of assistance or discrimination elicited a binary response (i.e., received a particular assistance or not; discriminated against for a particular reason or not) and the sum of positive responses across the different categories exceeded the total number of participants (n = 634).