From: Stress and prevalence of hearing problems in the Swedish working population
Employment-related threats | Prevalence of hearing problems | Relationship between threats and hearing problems; Kendall's τ-b and p-value | ||
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No problems N (row %) | Either tinnitus or hearing loss N (row %) | Both tinnitus and hearing loss N (row %) | ||
Risk of being moved to another work/job against ones will (N = 9,054). | 0.076 p < 0.0001 | |||
Yes | 997 (61) | 514 (31) | 126 (8) | |
No | 5,209 (70) | 1,801 (24) | 407 (6) | |
Threats of getting fired (N = 8,616). | 0.055 p < 0.001 | |||
Yes | 714 (62) | 345 (30) | 85 (7) | |
No | 5,232 (70) | 1,818 (24) | 422 (6) | |
Threats of bankruptcy (N = 8,385) | 0.018 p = 0.105 | |||
Yes | 247 (65) | 106 (28) | 25 (7) | |
No | 5,556 (69) | 1,999 (25) | 452 (6) |