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OBJECTIVE: To use a 2-part model to identify biographic, injury, educational, and
vocational predictors of postinjury employment and the percentage of time
employed after spinal cord injury (SCI) onset. SETTING: Data were
collected at 3 hospitals in the Southeastern and Midwestern United States.
PARTICIPANTS: Participants were adults with traumatic SCI of at least 1 year
duration, all under 65 years at the time of SCI onset. A total of 1329
observations were used in the analysis. INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Postinjury employment, defined by whether the individual had
ever been employed after SCI and percentage of time employed after SCI onset.
RESULTS: Almost 52% of participants worked at some point in time postinjury.
Among those who had worked postinjury, the mean portion of time spent working was
0.56. Several factors were significantly related to postinjury employment and
portion of time worked postinjury. The probability of postinjury employment
increased with successively less severe injury. However, only ambulatory
participants were found to have a significantly greater portion of time
postinjury among those who became employed. Having obtained either a 4-year or
graduate degree after injury was associated with a greater likelihood of
postinjury employment. Conversely, among those who worked postinjury, having
obtained those degrees prior to injury was associated with a greater portion of
time employed. Being white, a man, having completed a 4-year degree or a graduate
degree, and having worked in the service industry prior to SCI onset were all
associated with a greater portion of time working among those who had worked.
CONCLUSIONS: The factors precipitating PE are not identical to those associated
with a greater portion of time employed after SCI onset.
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