Table 2 Characteristics of offshore workers

Age, years mean (sd)

44.14 (10.7)

35.14 (6.7)^ab

49.89 (2.6)^ac

58.55 (2.5)^bc

.000

Function, years mean (sd)

11.26 (10.2)

7.05 (6.5)^ab

13.22 (10.3)^ac

19.83 (11.9)^bc

.000

Work Offshore, years mean (sd)

11.3 (9.8)

5.7 (5.2)^ab

14.02 (9.1)^ac

22.3 (9.5)^bc

.000

Number of children, N (%)

1.69 (1.3)

1.24 (1.2)^ab

2.09 (1.2)^a

2.23 (1.1)^b

.000

BMI, mean (sd)

27.01 (3.7)

26.29 (3.7)^b

27.36 (3.3)

28.6 (3.6)^b

.001

Gender (Male) N (%)

251 (97.3)

120 (95.2)

80 (98.8)

47 (100)

.141

Education, N (%)

.054

 Low

63 (24.5)

27 (21.4)

24 (30.0)

12 (25.5)

−

 Middle

137 (53.3)

73 (57.9)

39 (48.8)

23 (48.9)

−

 High

53 (20.6)

26 (20.6)

13 (16.3)

12 (25.5)

−

 Other

4 (1.6)

−

−

−

−

Divorced (Yes)

56 (21.7)

14 (11.1)^ab

26 (32.1)^a

15 (31.9)^b

.000

Family situation, N (%)

.005

 Married without kids at home

74 (28.7)

32 (25.4)

17 (21.0)

25 (53.2)

−

 Married with kids at home

129 (50)

63 (50)

44 (54.3)

18 (38.3)

−

 Single parent

13 (5)

5 (4.0)

6 (7.4)

2 (4.3)

−

 Single

32 (12.4)

21 (16.7)

9 (11.1)

2 (4.3)

−

 Other

10 (3.9)

5 (4)

5 (6.2)

−

−

WFC^*, mean (sd)

1.73 (.6)

1.78 (.6)

1.70 (.5)

1.64 (.5)

.308

Shift work, N (%)

^a

^a

.035

 No

176 (68.2)

76 (60.8)

60 (74.1)

37 (78.7)

−

 Yes, regularly

54 (20.9)

35 (28)

10 (12.3)

7 (14.9)

−

 Yes, sometimes

28 (10.9)

14 (11.2)

11 (13.6)

3 (6.4)

−

Day tripper, N (%)

.646

 No

190 (74.5)

90 (73.2)

58 (72.5)

40 (85.1)

−

 Yes, regularly

30 (11.8)

14 (11.4)

11 (13.8)

3 (6.4)

−

 Yes, sometimes

34 (13.3)

18 (14.6)

11 (13.8)

4 (8.5)

−