Willingness to pay for flexible working conditions of people with type 2 diabetes: discrete choice experiments

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Table 3 WTP for work accommodations in the general sample (n = 600) by baseline characteristics

	Part-time work	Customized work	Extra breaks with pay	Time off with pay	Time off without pay	Average
	Average € per month	Average € per month	Average € per month	Average € per month	Average € per month	Average € per month
Average entire sample (n = 600)	43	36	8	47	38	34
Gender
Male (n = 309)	43	42	17	52	43	39
Female (n = 291)	43	32	1	44	35	31
P value	0.10	0.16	0.002	0.40	0.35	0.09
Age
25–49 years (n = 341)	36	32	8	38	30	29
50–67 years (n = 259)	54	45	7	63	50	44
P value	0.03	0.08	0.81	0.01	0.03	0.006
Educational level
Primary or short (n = 270)	33	33	10	46	37	32
Medium-long or long (n = 330)	53	40	5	49	38	37
P value	0.01	0.30	0.35	0.75	0.88	0.30
Employment sector
Private (n = 360)	33	37	3	45	29	29
Public (n = 240)	51	36	12	50	45	39
P value	0.02	0.95	0.06	0.56	0.04	0.05
Income ^a
Low (n = 272)	34	31	6	43	37	30
High (n = 251)	53	47	12	56	38	41
P value	0.03	0.04	0.33	0.22	0.93	0.05
Relative or friend with diabetes
Yes (n = 335)	59	43	8	45	40	39
No (n = 205)	33	39	10	49	37	34
P value	0.002	0.70	0.71	0.69	0.77	0.39
Self-reported health ^b
Good (n = 443)	48	43	7	54	44	39
Poor (n = 157)	32	23	11	35	25	25
P value	0.03	0.002	0.49	0.03	0.01	0.001
Self-reported chronic disease ^c
Yes (n = 392)	51	40	8	46	44	38
No (n = 208)	30	32	8	49	28	29
P value	0.002	0.23	0.90	0.76	0.04	0.08
Perceived severity of diabetes ^d
Severe (n = 174)	65	39	13	57	37	42
Not severe (n = 426)	35	36	6	44	37	32
P value	0.001	0.71	0.32	0.22	0.97	0.08

Note: P values are for differences in WTP between variables. No adjustments for multiple testing were performed. Bolded results are statistically significant
^aLow and high income were defined as ≤ and >6666.6 € (50,000 DKK) per month, respectively
^bSelf-reported heath was dichotomized as good (good, very good) and poor (somewhat poor, poor, very poor)
^cDepression, asthma, atherosclerosis, diabetes, stroke, cancer, hearing loss, back pain, migraine, arthritis
^dWhen you think of the disease T2D how do you perceive it'?

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