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Table 2 Number of employees perceiving health problems, work environment or both types of problem, presented for men and women separately and by age, rank, managerial position and years at current workplace

From: Perceived health and work-environment related problems and associated subjective production loss in an academic population

 

Total population (n = 2022)

Health problems (n = 433)

Work environment problems (n = 170)

Both types of problems (n = 216)

 

Men

Women

Men

Women

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Men

Women

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Men

Women

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Total, n (%)

881

1141

162 (18)

271 (24)

 

67 (8)

103 (9)

 

68 (8)

151 (13)

 

Age, n (%)

    

0.01

  

0.29

  

0.00

 −29

118

210

17 (14)

54 (26)

 

9 (7)

19 (9)

 

8 (7)

28 (13)

 

 30–39

302

446

55 (18)

112 (25)

 

18 (6)

45 (10)

 

27 (9)

57 (13)

 

 40–49

196

227

35 (18)

51 (22)

 

19 (10)

16 (7)

 

19 (10)

37 (16)

 

 50–59

148

172

25 (17)

32 (17)

 

12 (8)

17 (10)

 

9 (6)

27 (16)

 

 60+

117

86

30 (26)

22 (26)

 

9 (8)

6 (7)

 

5 (4)

2 (2)

 

Rank, n (%)

    

0.00

  

0.23

  

0.01

 Professor

178

69

38 (21)

15 (22)

 

13 (7)

5 (7)

 

7 (4)

4 (6)

 

 Teacher

85

192

14 (16)

44 (23)

 

8 (9)

20 (10)

 

9 (11)

35 (18)

 

 Researcher

305

332

65 (21)

85 (26)

 

23 (8)

28 (8)

 

18 (6)

32 (10)

 

 Junior researcher

57

73

8 (14)

15 (21)

 

7 (12)

9 (12)

 

7 (12)

9 (12)

 

 PhD student

256

475

37 (14)

112 (24)

 

16 (6)

41 (9)

 

24 (9)

71 (15)

 

Manager, n (%)

    

0.00

  

0.66

  

0.00

 Yes

317

208

61 (19)

43 (21)

 

32 (10)

20 (9)

 

27 (9)

23 (11)

 

 No

564

933

101 (18)

228 (24)

 

35 (6)

83 (9)

 

38 (7)

128 (14)

 

Years at current workplace, n (%)

    

0.00

  

0.50

  

0.00

 < 1 year

46

67

10 (22)

13 (19)

 

3 (7)

4 (6)

 

4 (9)

12 (18)

 

 1–2 years

173

245

35 (20)

67 (27)

 

8 (5)

24 (10)

 

9 (5)

34 (14)

 

 3–5 years

273

392

45 (16)

92 (23)

 

22 (8)

38 (10)

 

24 (9)

53 (14)

 

 6–10 years

130

209

26 (20)

56 (27)

 

15 (12)

14 (7)

 

6 (5)

29 (14)

 

 > 10 years

259

228

46 (18)

43 (19)

 

19 (7)

23 (10)

 

22 (8)

23 (10)

 
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