Table 1 Baseline descriptive characteristics of the sample (n = 4356)*
Total sample | Job insecurity | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | n = 4356 % / mean (SD) | No n = 2508 % / mean (SD) | Yes n = 1848 % / mean (SD) | p value |
Age | 42.4 (10.2) | 42.9 (10.7) | 41.8 (9.4) | .002 |
Female gender | 38.6 | 40.4 | 36.2 | .006 |
Low educational level | 63.9 | 61.7 | 66.8 | .001 |
Smoking | 28.4 | 28.9 | 27.7 | .410 |
Alcohol consumption | .106 | |||
No | 21.9 | 22.6 | 21.0 | |
Moderate | 49.0 | 47.6 | 50.9 | |
High | 29.1 | 29.8 | 28.1 | |
Obesity | 13.6 | 13.0 | 14.6 | .150 |
Physical inactivity | 49.7 | 48.8 | 51.0 | .163 |
Chronic disease** | 29.6 | 29.7 | 29.4 | .865 |
Overtime | 76.7 | 74.9 | 79.3 | .001 |
Shift work | 10.5 | 9.8 | 11.4 | .086 |
Night work | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.9 | .381 |
Physical labour | 39.5 | 36.6 | 43.7 | <.001 |
Impaired SRH | 16.0 | 13.9 | 19.0 | <.001 |