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Table 2 Employment and educational data, sick-leave and partial disability pension of the participants.

From: The prevalence of work-related stress, and its association with self-perceived health and sick-leave, in a population of employed Swedish women

 

Entire group

n = 424

38-years-old

n = 172

50-years-old

n = 252

 
 

n

%

n

%

n

%

P

Employment

      

0.186

   Permanent

364

86

143

83

221

88

 

   Temporary (deputy)

60

14

29

17

31

12

 

Hours worked/week

      

0.228

   Full-time (>32)

314

74

132

77

182

72

 

   Part-time (<32)

102

24

36

21

66

26

 

   Missing data

8

2

4

2

4

2

 

Employer

      

0.001¤

   Public

227

53

69

40

158

63

 

   Private

138

33

78

45

60

24

 

   Self-employed

32

8

15

9

17

7

 

   Combined

27

6

10

6

17

7

 

Occupational class

      

0.538

   Manager

26

6

12

7

14

5

 

   High level non-manual

131

31

46

27

85

34

 

   Middle level non-manual

98

23

45

26

53

21

 

   Low level non-manual

130

31

53

30

77

31

 

   Manual

20

5

8

5

12

5

 

   Missing data

19

4

8

5

11

4

 

Educational level

      

0.073

   > 12 years

233

55

93

54

140

57

 

   10 – 12 years

149

35

68

40

81

32

 

   <= 9 years

42

10

11

6

31

11

 

Sick-leave

30

7

5

3

25

10

0.006¤

Partial disability pension

18

4

5

3

13

5

0.814

  1. ¤Statistically significant
  2. The two age-groups are presented separately and statistical significance levels of differences between the groups are given (n = 424).
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