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Table 1 Basic demographics at baseline

From: Psychosocial work environment, job mobility and gender differences in turnover behaviour: a prospective study among the Swedish general population

 

Men

Women

Men and women

Number of participants, N (%)

429 (45.6)

511 (54.4)

940 (100)

Age, Mean (SD)

45.4 (10.0)

44.4 (9.9)

44.9 (9.9)

Civil status, N (%)

   

 Single

54 (12.7)

64 (12.6)

118 (12.7)

 Married/cohabitant

347 (81.7)

375 (73.8)

722 (77.4)

 Separated/widow/widower

24 (7.8)

69 (12.2)

93 (10.0)

Education (highest attended), N (%)

   

 Primary school

40 (9.4)

33 (6.5)

73 (7.8)

 Lower Secondary

95 (22.3)

112 (22.0)

207 (22.1)

 Upper secondary

126 (29.6)

123 (24.1)

249 (26.6)

 University/College

165 (38.7)

242 (47.5)

407 (43.5)

Occupational Status, N (%)

   

High skilled white-collar work

   

 1. Executive work

51 (12.1)

30 (6.0)

81 (8.8)

 2. High skilled academic

106 (25.1)

139 (27.6)

245 (26.5)

 3. Low skilled academic

85 (20.1)

110 (21.9)

195 (21.1)

Low skilled white-collar

   

 4. Client/office service work

35 (8.3)

96 (19.1)

131 (14.2)

 5. Care/retail service work

19 (4.5)

97 (19.3)

116 (12.5)

Blue-collar work

   

 6. Farming, gardening, foresting

4 (1.0)

2 (0.4)

6 (0.7)

 7. Construction/installation work

67 (15.8)

2 (0.4)

69 (7.5)

 8. Machine op/transport

39 (9.2)

9 (1.8)

48 (5.2)

 9. Job w/o formal training

16 (3.8)

17 (3.4)

33 (3.6)