Association between overweight, obesity and self-perceived job insecurity in German employees

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Employment characteristics of overweight and obese persons

		total	overweight^a		obesity^b
		N	N	%	N	%
working hours	full-time	7647	4092	53.5	1031	13.5
	part-time	1907	723	37.9	211	11.1
	apprenticeship	466	120	25.8	29	6.2
	minor employment	727	281	38.7	87	12.0
	p-value		< 0.001		< 0.001
duration of employment contract	unlimited	7774	3893	50.1	1026	13.2
	temporary	1223	446	36.5	102	8.3
	self-employed	1750	877	50.1	230	13.1
	p-value		< 0.001		< 0.001
occupational categories	upper grade of civil service	1335	671	50.3	133	10.0
	lower grade of civil service	2464	1067	43.3	287	11.6
	routine clerical/sales	1108	425	38.4	123	11.1
	routine service-sales	1222	524	42.9	133	10.9
	small employers	521	292	56.0	69	13.2
	independent	518	241	46.5	66	12.7
	skilled manual jobs	1699	959	56.4	226	13.3
	semi-unskilled manual	1731	956	55.2	303	17.5
	farm labour	149	81	54.4	18	12.1
	p-value		< 0.001		< 0.001

^a Overweight is defined by a BMI between 25 kg/m² and 29.9 kg/m².^b Obesity is defined by a BMI of 30 kg/m² or more.

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