Skip to main content

Table 4 Socio-demographic and smoking adjusted associations of non-psychosocial work condition variables with poor self-reported health status and self-reported chronic condition.

From: A comparison between the effort-reward imbalance and demand control models

Variable

Chronic

SRHS

Sector

  

Non-Sawmill

1.00

1.00

Sawmill

1.09

1.57**

Current Occupational Category

  

Manager

1.00

1.00

Trades

1.30

1.08

Unskilled

0.89

1.26

Unemployment History

  

1 episode< 1 year

1.00

1.00

1 episode > 1 year

1.19

1.12

2 episodes or more <1 year

1.01

0.88

2 episodes or more >1 year

1.21

1.22

  1. *p = 0.05–0.01; **p = < 0.01