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Table 1 Prevalence of adverse working conditions and distribution of occupational class among women and men consenting to data linkage (=Included, n = 6525) and not consenting (=Excluded, n = 2354)

From: Working conditions as risk factors for disability retirement: a longitudinal register linkage study

 

Women Included n

  

Men Included n

  
  

% among those included

% among those excluded

 

% among those included

% among those excluded

1) Work arrangements:

      

Shift work

5083

16

17

1394

22

24

Temporary work contract

5049

12

10

1386

8

9

Working overtime

5049

13

12

1384

22

21

2) Physical working conditions:

      

Hazardous exposures

4170

22

25

1230

32

37

Physical workload

4170

28

31

1230

11

17

Computer work

4170

25

25

1230

25

18

3) Psychosocial working conditions:

      

Low job control

4967

21

25

1373

24

24

High job demands

4805

23

23

1357

20

19

Low social support

5122

34

26

1402

32

24

4) Occupational class:

      

Managers and professionals

1462

29*

23*

625

45*

37*

Semi-professionals

986

19

17

281

20

16

Routine non-manual workers

2105

42

45

132

9

13

Manual workers

561

11

15

364

26

33

  1. *Column percentages.