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Table 5 Means and standard deviation of COPSOQ scales for different occupations

From: The Gutenberg Health Study: measuring psychosocial factors at work and predicting health and work-related outcomes with the ERI and the COPSOQ questionnaire

 

COPSOQ scales

 

Quantitative demands

Emotional demands

Demands for hiding emotions

Work-Privacy-Conflict

Influence at work

Degree of freedom at work

Possibilities for development

Meaning of work

Workplace commitment

Predictability

Role-clarity

Role-conflicts

Quality of leadership

Social support

Feedback

Social relations

Sense of community

Mobbing

Job insecurity

Demands short scale

Influence short scale

Social support/leadership short scale

AGRIC

61.3 (18.3)

53.3 (14.4)

19.4 (19.6)

48.0 (23.2)

77.2 (23.7)

83.1 (18.7)

83.1 (14.4)

84.2 (15.3)

82.2 (16.8)

78.1 (22.2)

89.1 (13.7)

32.8 (18.2)

57.8 (11.8)

67.5 (20.6)

51.4 (23.8)

55.7 (18.0)

81.8 (9.7)

25.0 (16.7)

17.0 (15.6)

50.6 (15.0)

82.9 (15.6)

70.5 (12.2)

ELECT

46.3 (19.3)

45.1 (23.6)

40.6 (26.8)

39.2 (28.2)

64.3 (22.8)

71.0 (17.3)

72.4 (14.5)

75.0 (5.9)

56.6 (19.4)

43.0 (17.1)

74.1 (14.2)

38.6 (21.5)

43.9 (19.9)

59.6 (21.4)

48.1 (32.6)

56.7 (25.8)

77.6 (19.4)

14.6 (16.7)

21.9 (19.3)

43.9 (18.6)

70.3 (12.3)

53.8 (16.1)

ENGIN

54.0 (19.6)

43.9 (22.2)

32.6 (20.1)

40.0 (25.1)

58.3 (18.4)

77.0 (17.5)

81.1 (15.8)

78.0 (15.2)

62.1 (18.3)

66.7 (18.8)

78.5 (16.6)

34.9 (13.6)

49.5 (19.1)

67.8 (16.7)

46.6 (22.0)

61.9 (24.7)

81.4 (13.7)

11.0 (16.6)

19.9 (18.7)

46.7 (16.8)

72.3 (14.7)

61.3 (14.4)

TECHNI

44.1 (15.2)

42.4 (17.1)

23.2 (20.6)

26.1 (21.1)

58.9 (23.0)

77.9 (18.8)

73.2 (15.4)

78.8 (13.3)

63.7 (17.2)

63.9 (17.9)

76.7 (11.5)

40.8 (15.5)

55.1 (22.7)

68.9 (16.8)

50.8 (20.2)

58.3 (28.4)

84.5 (13.8)

18.5 (22.3)

28.8 (19.8)

40.8 (14.9)

71.0 (13.1)

63.5 (13.9)

SALE

47.0 (17.8)

45.7 (18.5)

44.8 (21.8)

34.2 (24.5)

45.9 (24.2)

50.8 (23.0)

61.3 (18.6)

68.7 (18.0)

58.1 (19.8)

63.3 (18.0)

74.8 (14.5)

34.5 (24.3)

51.4 (19.8)

60.0 (21.3)

44.4 (19.7)

61.6 (26.3)

81.3 (16.3)

20.4 (20.8)

25.2 (16.8)

47.4 (14.3)

58.5 (15.0)

59.3 (14.1)

RETAIL

46.8 (19.1)

47.1 (19.3)

37.1 (25.3)

33.4 (25.8)

68.8 (23.3)

79.1 (19.6)

77.9 (17.5)

79.3 (20.0)

69.5 (23.7)

71.8 (23.7)

83.0 (19.4)

40.7 (18.8)

54.8 (19.3)

68.2 (21.5)

50.0 (25.0)

63.8 (29.9)

77.8 (21.4)

17.3 (25.3)

26.9 (23.8)

47.1 (15.9)

76.7 (16.6)

64.9 (19.6)

BANK

56.4 (17.7)

44.3 (20.8)

34.4 (25.3)

39.9 (27.8)

49.0 (25.1)

75.5 (18.4)

73.0 (17.3)

74.0 (16.5)

59.5 (17.5)

63.8 (18.5)

82.8 (16.2)

34.9 (17.1)

50.6 (22.8)

64.9 (19.4)

41.1 (17.4)

59.7 (27.0)

80.9 (14.3)

11.7 (17.4)

24.9 (17.9)

49.7 (14.1)

67.0 (14.4)

60.0 (13.3)

CONSUL

43.6 (20.1)

47.0 (20.6)

33.3 (28.9)

25.1 (25.3)

71.0 (25.8)

86.6 (14.0)

83.9 (15.6)

80.7 (18.7)

72.7 (18.3)

71.2 (23.3)

87.1 (12.8)

35.4 (19.7)

54.5 (17.6)

71.1 (18.5)

48.8 (20.6)

69.4 (22.8)

86.5 (10.9)

9.4 (18.0)

26.6 (19.5)

44.1 (17.7)

79.9 (14.9)

64.7 (12.4)

LANDTR

38.0 (18.5)

40.1 (20.5)

34.8 (29.6)

39.9 (29.0)

44.9 (28.7)

56.3 (29.0)

59.0 (20.8)

74.2 (23.0)

55.2 (23.1)

60.8 (21.1)

80.7 (13.3)

44.6 (20.5)

52.8 (17.8)

63.0 (22.9)

43.8 (22.5)

29.4 (23.8)

75.7 (20.7)

18.2 (22.6)

28.3 (25.5)

35.2 (16.8)

58.9 (16.9)

58.9 (15.6)

WARE-HOUSE

46.6 (19.2)

40.4 (20.6)

34.9 (25.9)

24.5 (26.2)

43.1 (27.9)

54.9 (22.2)

58.6 (18.7)

69.3 (23.4)

49.9 (25.7)

54.4 (19.6)

77.8 (17.0)

42.2 (23.5)

45.5 (28.3)

60.2 (20.1)

51.3 (21.2)

58.6 (26.7)

80.3 (17.4)

18.1 (24.0)

31.6 (20.6)

42.5 (17.7)

56.5 (21.5)

58.6 (15.6)

CONSULT

60.8 (17.2)

49.8 (18.2)

42.8 (22.2)

45.4 (26.8)

65.2 (19.6)

80.8 (15.5)

81.9 (13.5)

79.3

(13.4)

66.9 (17.3)

72.0 (17.8)

82.0 (14.2)

38.1 (19.3)

52.6 (20.3)

65.7 (18.9)

45.7 (21.8)

60.1 (25.8)

79.7 (13.5)

12.2 (16.8)

23.9 (18.2)

54.1 (15.1)

76.2 (12.3)

62.8 (13.9)

ASSEMBL

58.9 (18.9)

49.8 (23.1)

45.7(26.2)

44.3 (24.6)

43.2 (21.7)

72.9 (18.6)

74.3 (17.5)

76.0 (18.4)

54.4 (16.1)

56.8 (21.1)

82.1 (13.7)

43.0 (17.7)

44.5 (21.2)

63.8 (19.0)

44.5 (17.5)

46.5 (26.0)

77.5 (16.8)

12.9 (19.9)

14.1 (15.6)

55.2 (15.7)

65.8 (13.2)

56.3 (12.5)

CLERKS

50.2 (17.0)

42.3 (18.0)

31.8 (22.2)

34.4 (22.6)

52.2 (21.2)

73.7 (19.0)

72.1 (18.1)

73.2 (16.0)

55.4 (17.9)

55.8 (21.2)

74.9 (16.3)

39.5 (16.4)

43.8 (24.1)

58.6 (19.1)

37.2 (18.6)

60.8 (24.6)

74.8 (16.6)

14.4 (18.5)

32.0 (20.3)

45.7 (14.1)

67.0 (13.9)

52.2 (13.6)

OFFICE

47.0 (22.1)

38.3 (21.6)

31.2 (24.2)

26.4 (25.1

41.7 (24.5)

70.5 (21.5)

62.6 (19.0)

70.8 (17.9)

56.0 (19.3)

60.5 (21.3)

78.5 (15.7)

35.1 (20.2)

53.2 (24.1)

64.6 (21.4)

41.1 (24.1)

58.7 (28.1)

80.3 (15.6)

13.3 (17.6)

27.8 (21.7)

42.8 (18.5)

60.6 (15.1)

59.3 (16.8)

SERVICE

32.9 (18.9)

31.9 (22.6)

32.6 (26.3)

14.7 (19.7)

54.9 (28.5)

70.9 (21.8)

69.6 (18.2)

78.9 (22.0)

58.4 (19.7)

65.2 (21.0)

80.2 (16.0)

40.8 (21.9)

52.9 (30.9)

63.2 (26.2)

41.4 (28.9)

60.3 (26.6)

84.8 (18.5)

17.6 (21.2)

29.1 (23.8)

31.7 (16.0)

68.2 (19.8)

61.0 (20.0)

LEGAL

57.4 (16.0)

50.0 (13.3)

45.3 (24.1)

38.4 (23.0)

58.6 (20.5)

82.4 (16.5)

74.2 (17.8)

79.7 (14.9)

66.3 (15.6)

69.2 (19.4)

85.0 (10.0)

30.8 (16.6)

51.4 (21.1)

74.5 (18.2)

43.8 (18.8)

39.6 (35.3)

81.3 (16.7)

11.4 (17.2)

7.5 (10.1)

55.2 (11.8)

72.4 (14.6)

61.6 (13.7)

JOURN

47.7 (22.0)

43.6 (19.1)

29.0 (23.9)

34.3 (26.8)

55.7 (25.6)

73.0 (20.2)

73.9 (18.1)

77.3 (23.9)

63.1 (23.8)

62.5 (22.5)

80.4 (17.4)

32.4 (19.3)

44.4 (26.2)

61.9 (24.1)

43.1 (24.5)

58.1 (27.0)

77.5 (16.7)

15.8 (20.8)

24.3 (21.1)

45.6 (17.7)

70.3 (16.2)

57.1 (20.1)

ARTISTS

49.9 (21.4)

50.7 (26.3)

31.8 (23.0)

37.5 (22.2)

70.1 (21.3)

72.4 (20.9)

77.6 (18.1)

67.4 (21.0)

61.1 (22.9)

63.6 (25.0)

79.7 (15.6)

37.2 (16.7)

41.4 (25.4)

61.0 (16.9)

50.7 (20.9)

51.5 (26.5)

74.5 (20.1)

22.1 (17.4)

31.4 (17.7)

47.2 (17.0)

71.1 (17.1)

56.7 (19.3)

PHYSI-CANS

57.0 (22.8)

67.7 (15.0)

46.9 (20.9)

47.8 (29.0)

65.4 (26.5)

65.4 (26.2)

84.4 (12.4)

85.8 (15.2)

68.5 (15.9)

68.8 (26.1)

85.4 (16.9)

39.6 (18.5)

53.8 (21.4)

69.4 (17.5)

37.5 (23.9)

50.0 (33.1)

82.0 (12.2)

10.0 (15.8)

12.9 (12.3)

59.9 (12.7)

76.9 (12.6)

63.8 (14.5)

OTHER HEALTH

50.4 (20.3)

54.9 (20.9)

46.9 (22.7)

34.3 (26.7)

44.4 (27.9)

46.7 (23.6)

69.4 (14.8)

79.8 (17.4)

57.5 (19.3)

60.1 (19.1)

78.4 (14.1)

37.9 (16.7)

51.7 (23.0)

65.8 (19.3)

47.6 (24.3)

54.1 (28.6)

75.9 (16.0)

17.5 (21.3)

25.9 (18.6)

52.5 (17.5)

62.0 (17.9)

59.4 (16.4)

SOCIAL

48.8 (21.3)

63.5 (20.3)

34.8 (20.2)

41.3 (27.9)

52.2 (21.0)

47.3 (25.3)

75.0 (14.5)

83.3 (16.0)

59.3 (18.2)

56.3 (22.7)

79.4 (17.6)

40.1 (19.5)

52.0 (26.7)

65.3 (18.4)

45.5 (19.0)

55.3 (26.6)

76.5 (17.6)

18.4 (20.3)

23.9 (20.5)

51.0 (17.1)

66.7 (13.5)

58.4 (16.0)

TEACHER

53.3 (19.8)

62.3 (18.3)

42.3 (22.0)

45.5 (25.3)

61.4 (19.1)

35.2 (31.6)

85.5 (11.9)

86.7 (13.0)

68.4 (16.5)

67.3 (18.8)

82.3 (14.1)

41.9 (19.1)

54.6 (22.1)

66.8 (20.0)

43.8 (21.7)

25.6 (25.0)

79.8 (12.6)

7.3 (15.3)

9.5 (14.0)

54.9 (15.0)

74.3 (12.8)

62.9 (13.9)

SCIENCE

55.9 (20.7)

56.7 (18.8)

41.9 (23.0)

49.8 (28.5)

66.6 (20.1)

79.7 (19.0)

84.1 (14.4)

80.6 (21.0)

66.3 (23.7)

64.5 (22.9)

79.6 (9.3)

35.9 (20.4)

47.8 (28.0)

64.1 (21.8)

45.6 (21.2)

53.7 (29.9)

72.5 (21.6)

14.1 (25.8)

25.9 (17.5)

54.0 (15.8)

76.8 (16.4)

58.6 (20.4)

OTHER

36.2 (21.1)

34.9 (22.2)

32.7 (25.4)

22.1 (22.1)

44.6 (28.7)

64.7 (25.5)

58.7 (23.1)

71.0 (21.3)

56.4 (21.3)

62.5 (22.4)

79.7 (15.6)

33.5 (19.3)

54.8 (21.3)

63.7 (23.0)

44.3 (25.1)

49.8 (32.1)

79.6 (17.8)

14.9 (21.0)

23.4 (20.6)

36.5 (18.1)

60.4 (19.9)

60.5 (15.8)

  1. The columns list the COPSOQ scales (see Table 1), the rows represent occupational groups.