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Table 1 Sample description (paired sample, N = 1986)

From: A prospective study of cumulative job stress in relation to mental health

 

Enterprise 1 N (%)

Enterprise 2 N (%)

Enterprise 3 N (%)

Enterprise 4 N (%)

Total N (%)

Sex (***)

     

   Men

131 (23.9)

206 (42.8)

200 (68.5)

529 (79.7)

1066 (53.7)

   Women

418 (76.1)

275 (47.2)

92 (31.5)

135 (20.3)

920 (46.3)

Education (***)

     

   Lowest (vocational school or less)

93 (17.0)

160 (33.7)

61 (21.0)

412 (64.1)

726 (37.1)

   Secondary school

35 (6.4)

58 (12.2)

58 (19.9)

121 (18.8)

272 (13.9)

   College

277 (50.5)

174 (36.6)

125 (43.0)

105 (16.3)

681 (34.8)

   Highest (university)

143 (26.1)

83 (17.5)

47 (16.2)

5 (0.8)

278 (14.2)

Age(***)

     

   Mean (standard dev.)

38.9 (8.14)

39.1 (8.75)

39.6 (9.0)

43.2 (7.2)

40.5 (8.4)

   18–34 yrs

162 (29.5)

150 (31.2)

92 (31.5)

69 (11.0)

473 (24.2)

   35–49 yrs

338 (61.6)

279 (58.0)

154 (52.7)

457 (72.7)

1228 (62.9)

   50 and +

49 (8.9)

52 (10.8)

46 (15.8)

103 (16.4)

250 (12.8)

Effort-reward imbalance (*)

     

   T1 no, T2 no

350 (68.2)

289 (63.2)

170 (60.3)

424 (65.9)

1233 (65.1)

   T1 yes, T2 no

50 (25.5)

46 (10.1)

39 (13.8)

61 (9.5)

196 (10.3)

   T1 no, T2 yes

56 (10.9)

55 (12.0)

27 (9.6)

48 (7.5)

186 (9.8)

   T1 yes, T2 yes

57 (11.1)

67 (14.7)

46 (16.3)

110 (17.1)

280 (14.8)

Overcommitment (high) (**)

164 (30.1)

171 (35.9)

108 (37.2)

272 (41.1)

715 (36.3)

Health (highest quartiles)

     

   Depression (n.s.)

141 (26.0)

105 (22.0)

59 (20.3)

174 (26.5)

479 (24.3)

   Anxiety (*)

125 (20.3)

127 (26.6)

55 (18.9)

178 (27.1)

485 (24.6)

   Somatisation (**)

149 (27.4)

131 (27.3)

55 (18.9)

194 (29.6)

529 (26.9)

   Chronic fatigue

141 (26.6)

132 (28.3)

74 (26.1)

183 (28.4)

530 (27.5)

   Psychotropic drug consumption

119 (22.8)

91 (19.6)

43 (15.5)

162 (25.6)

415 (21.9)

  1. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001