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Table 1 Respondent characteristics for the 2010 and 2013 Partnering Healthy@Work workforce surveys

From: Does workplace health promotion contribute to job stress reduction? Three-year findings from Partnering Healthy@Work

 

Men

 

Women

 
 

2010

2013

 

2010

2013

 

Continuous Variables

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

p

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

p

Age [years, mean] (SE)

47.1

10.1

47.6

10.4

0.212

45.8

10.4

46.8

10.3

0.001

Tenure (SE)

14.1

11.8

14.9

11.7

0.125

12.7

10.2

13.0

10.3

0.211

Hours worked (SE)

40.4

12.9

40.1

13.4

0.667

36.8

15.7

36.0

15.6

0.078

Annual Salary ($ AU)a

66,566

20,487

73,608

36,033

<0.001

63,232

20,073

70,091

20,333

<0.001

Categorical Variables

%

n

%

n

 

%

n

%

n

 

Marital Status

          

 Married/ Partner

91

774

94

763

ref

85

1767

85

1711

ref

 Not married

9

79

6

52

0.029

15

313

15

301

0.937

Education

          

 Post school

61

495

66

514

ref

68

1308

66

1239

ref

 Middle school

3

23

2

12

0.053

2

40

2

36

0.826

 Upper school

36

291

32

248

0.064

30

567

32

606

0.087

Employment band

          

 Low/mid band

75

719

78

716

ref

89

2183

94

2166

Ref

 High/very high band

25

245

22

200

0.068

11

261

6

145

<0.001

Employment Category

          

 Employment Category

88

848

86

785

ref

92

2256

88

2034

ref

 Fixed-term/ casual

12

116

14

131

0.146

8

188

12

276

<0.001

Employment Condition

          

 Full-time

84

814

84

772

ref

51

1243

48

1105

ref

 Part-time

16

150

16

144

0.924

49

1201

52

1206

0.036

Days worked

          

 Mon to Fri

69

665

75

646

ref

53

1289

63

1205

ref

 Days Vary Weekly

18

170

19

160

0.796

16

382

19

367

0.739

 Other

13

122

6

55

<0.001

31

759

18

355

<0.001

 Total Respondents

 

964

 

917

  

2444

 

2311

 
  1. aBased on full-time equivalent hours