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Table 1 Overview of the bullied respondents in DWECS 2010 and in WH 2012: distribution of occupational sectors, age, gender, and the mean scores of the Major Depression Inventory (MDI)

From: The association between workplace bullying and depressive symptoms: the role of the perpetrator

 

DWECS 2010

WH 2012

Occupational sectors

 Industry

85 (8.9 %)

205 (15.7 %)

 Construction

20 (2.1 %)

51 (3.9 %)

 Graphical

10 (1.0 %)

11 (0.8 %)

 Transportation

79 (8.2 %)

156 (12.0 %)

 Trade

28 (2.9 %)

52 (4.0 %)

 Services

52 (5.4 %)

140 (10.7 %)

 Farm

11 (1.1 %)

29 (2.2 %)

 Social and Health

229 (23.9 %)

331 (25.4 %)

 Education and Research

74 (7.7 %)

151 (11.6 %)

 Finance

64 (6.7 %)

92 (7.0 %)

 Private office and administration

43 (4.5 %)

87 (6.7 %)

 Unknowna

263 (27.5 %)

0 (0 %)

Age (Mean, SD)

43.4 (11.3)

46.0 (11.1)

MDI (Mean, SD)

11.0 (9.4)

12.8 (9.1)

Gender

 Male

391 (40.8 %)

628 (41.3 %)

 Female

567 (59.2 %)

892 (58.7 %)

  1. aDue to the coding procedure in DWECS 2010, we were not able to get information about these participants concerning their occupation