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Table 1 Distribution of psychological distress, psychosocial work environment factors, socioeconomic position and type of work in the three workplace gender compositions (percent)

From: Workplace gender composition and psychological distress: the importance of the psychosocial work environment

Gender composition (age 42)

More men

Mixed

More women

Full sample

p-values for differences between strata

 

all

w

m

all

w

m

all

w

m

all

w

m

all

w

m

N

363

65

298

157

78

79

275

232

43

795

375

420

   

Psychological distress age 42

25

28

25

42

55*

28*

36

36

37

32

39*

27*

<0.001

0.002

0.22

Psychological distress age 21

25

27

24

24

35*

13*

29

28

33

26

30

23

0.37

0.45

0.03

Change psychological distress between age 21 & 42 (pp)

0†

1

1†

18†

20

15

7†

8†

4

6†

9†

4†

   

High demands

30

25

31

32

31

34

30

30

30

30

29

31

0.53

0.69

0.85

Low control

30

33

30

29

36*

21*

32

32

29

31

33

28

0.81

0.80

0.30

Low support

27

21

28

34

28

40

28

27

33

29

26

31

0.24

0.53

0.13

Not important work

24

28

23

26

32

19

14

13

19

21

20

22

0.002

<0.001

0.64

Looked down upon

21

30*

19*

25

26

24

20

20

19

21

23

20

0.45

0.19

0.56

Socioeconomic position

            

<0.001

0.01

<0.001

Upper-white collar

46

55*

44*

67

64

70

53

50*

72*

53

54*

52*

   

Lower-white collar

12

28*

8*

18

18

19

17

17*

14*

15

19*

11*

   

Blue-collar

42

17*

48*

15

18

11

30

33*

14*

32

27*

37*

   

Type of work

            

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

Working with people

19

25*

18*

26

21

32

70

73

56

38

54*

24*

   

Working with data

36

55*

32*

61

64

58

22

20

35

37

35*

38*

   

Working with things

45

20*

50*

13

15

10

7

7

9

25

11*

38*

   
  1. *Significant differences between women and men within each gender composition (p < 0.05).
  2. †Significant differences in psychological distress between ages 21 and 42 within each gender compositions (p < 0.05).