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Table 5 Sociodemographic profile of those who experienced poor job quality for none, some or most of their follow-up for those who continued working

From: Health or harm? A cohort study of the importance of job quality in extended workforce participation by older adults

 

Reported poor quality job during follow-up

Total

Cramér’ssr

Never

Some

Most

N = 551

V

N = 172

N = 203

N = 176

(100 %)

 

N

Row %

N

Row %

N

Row %

N

 

Gender

       

0.138

 Men

105

33.9

96

31.0

109

35.2

310

 

 Women

67

27.8

107

44.4

67

27.8

241

 

Education level

       

0.152

 High school or below

53

22.9

86

37.2

92

39.8

231

 

 Certificate or diploma

51

30.0

66

38.8

53

31.2

170

 

 Bachelor or higher

68

45.3

51

34.0

31

20.7

150

 

Marital Status

       

0.089

 Married or de facto

142

33.0

159

37.0

129

30.0

430

 

 Single

30

24.8

44

36.4

47

38.8

121

 

Employment status

       

0.105

 Full-time

141

33.9

150

36.1

125

30.1

416

 

 Part-time

31

23.0

53

39.3

51

37.8

135

 

Contract Status

       

0.160

 Ongoing or fixed term

108

32.7

127

38.5

95

28.8

330

 

 Casual

10

19.2

16

30.8

26

50.0

52

 

Occupation

       

0.163

 White collar

98

39.0

92

36.7

61

24.3

251

 

 Blue collar

29

22.0

39

29.6

64

48.5

132

 

 Pink collar

45

26.8

72

42.9

51

30.4

168

 

Adult-care giving

       

0.069

 No

150

32.9

165

36.2

141

30.9

456

 

 Yes

14

23.0

26

42.6

21

34.4

61

 

Grandchild care

       

0.084

 No

148

32.2

162

35.2

150

32.6

460

 

 Yes

15

26.8

27

48.2

14

25.0

56

 

Health condition

       

0.017

 No

146

30.9

174

36.9

152

32.2

472

 

 Yes

26

32.9

29

36.7

24

30.4

79

 

Household income (quintiles)

       

0.177

 Poorest

6

22.1

12

35.8

18

42.1

36

 

 2

17

22.4

33

41.1

34

36.5

84

 

 3

26

26.1

35

34.5

32

39.5

93

 

 4

42

35.3

55

37.0

56

27.7

153

 

 Richest

81

48.7

68

36.0

36

15.3

185

 
  1. Notes: Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding