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Table 1 Occupational, sociodemographic and life-style factors in the total study population (N = 490), stratified by gender and year of compulsory school

From: Burnout among Swedish school teachers – a cross-sectional analysis

  

All teachers

Females

Males

 

Year of compulsory school

Dimensions

Scale

N

 

N = 356

N = 134

P *

Year 4–6 (N = 153)

Year 7–9 (N = 337)

P *

Occupational factors; mean (SD)

 Seniority (years)

 

490

17 (12)

17 (12)

19 (12)

0.05

19 (13)

17 (12)

0.23

 Mechanical exposure index

11–33

481

15.7 (3.4)

15.8 (3.4)

15.4 (3.2)

0.30

15.3 (2.0)

15.9 (4)

0.24

 Physical exposure index

7–21

484

10.0 (1.7)

9.9 (1.7)

10.1 (1.8)

0.49

9.6 (1.3)

10.2 (1.8

0.001

 Complaints on computer

 workstation arrangements

1–5

482

3.1 (1.1)

3.2 (1.1)

2.9 (1.0)

0.02

2.9 (1.0)

3.2 (1.1)

0.02

 Job demands

1–4

486

2.9 (0.4)

2.9 (0.4)

2.8 (0.4)

0.001

2.8 (0.4)

2.9 (0.4)

0.06

 Job control (total)

1–4a

489

3.2 (0.3)

3.2 (0.3)

3.2 (0.3)

0.08

3.3 (0.3)

3.2 (0.3)

0.01

  Decision latitude

1–4a

489

3.1 (0.5)

3.1 (0.5)

3.1 (0.5)

0.32

3.1 (0.4)

3.1 (0.5)

0.19

  Skill discretion

1–4a

489

3.4 (0.3)

3.4 (0.3)

3.2 (0.3)

<0.001

3.4 (0.3)

3.3 (0.3)

0.001

 Job support (total)

1–4a

489

2.8 (0.4)

2.8 (0.4)

2.8 (0.4)

0.73

2.9 (0.4)

2.8 (0.4)

0.06

  Job support management

1–4a

489

2.6 (0.6)

2.6 (0.6)

2.6 (0.6)

0.61

2.7 (0.5)

2.6 (0.6)

0.07

  Job support colleagues

1–4a

487

3.0 (0.4)

3.0 (0.5)

3.0 (0.4)

0.39

3.1 (0.5)

3.0 (0.4)2.8 (0.7)

0.24

 Emotional demands

0–4

490

2.8 (0.7)

2.9 (0.7)

2.5 (0.7)

<0.001

2.7 (0.7)

1.7 (0.8)

0.09

 Demands of hiding emotions

0–4

490

1.7 (0.8)

1.7 (0.8)

1.6 (0.8)

0.14

1.6 (0.8)

2.4 (0.6)

0.67

 Sensory demands

0–4

490

2.4 (0.6)

2.3 (0.6)

2.4 (0.6)

0.34

2.4 (0.6)

2.0 (0.8)

0.80

 Leadership

0–4a

490

2.0 (0.8)

2.0 (0.8)

2.1 (0.8)

0.50

2.2 (0.7)

4.1 (0.5)

0.01

 Self- efficacy

1–5a

487

4.1 (0.5)

4.1 (0.5)

4.1 (0.5)

0.33

4.0 (0.5)

 

0.16

Sociodemographic and life-style factors

 Age, years; mean (SD)

 

490

48 (11)

47 (11)

48 (11)

0.37

48 (10)

47 (11)

0.30

 BMI, points; mean (SD)

 

473

24 (4)

24 (4)

25 (3)

0.001

24 (4)

24 (4)

0.20

 Number of children; mean (SD)

 

480

1.1 (1.0)

1.1 (1.1)

1.3 (1.2)

0.26

1.2 (1.2)

1.1 (1.1)

0.90

 Marital status

 

480

   

0.76

  

0.003

  Married/cohabit; n (%)

  

407 (85)

294 (84)

113 (86)

 

137 (92)

270 (82)

 

  Single; n (%)

  

73 (15)

54 (16)

19 (14)

 

12 (8.1)

61 (18)

 

 Neck-shoulder pain; n (%)

 

484

225 (46)

183 (52)

42 (32)

<0.001

61 (40)

164 (49

0.07

 Low-back pain; n (%)

 

482

162 (34)

129 (37)

33 (25)

0.02

44 (29)

118 (35

0.18

 Sleep quality; mean (SD)

1–4a

490

2.8 (0.8)

2.7 (0.8)

2.9 (0.8)

0.03

2.9 (0.8

2.8 (0.8

0.12

 Personal relaxation time < I hour/day; n (%)

 

480

106 (22)

83 (24)

23 (18)

0.16

30 (20)

76 (23)

0.49

 Domestic work > 21 h/week; n (%)

 

484

86 (18)

69 (19)

17 (13)

0.11

27 (18)

59 (18)

1.00

 Physical exercise occasionally/never; n (%)

 

485

72 (15)

52 (15)

20 (15)

0.84

14 (9.2)

58 (17)

0.02

 Daily smokers; n (%)

 

486

17 (3.5)

15 (4.2)

2 (1.5)

0.15

4 (2.6)

13 (3.9)

0.48

  1. (a)Higher scores among the occupational factors indicate a more unfavourable situation, except where noted
  2. *Mann Whitney U test of differences between gender and year of compulsory school