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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Linking quantitative demands to offshore wind workers’ stress: do personal and job resources matter? A structural equation modelling approach

Variables

Number (%)

Gender: male

250 (100)

Age (n = 250)

 ≤ 29 years

46 (18.4)

 30 – 39 years

118 (47.2)

 40 – 49 years

57 (22.8)

 ≥ 50 years

29 (11.6)

Relationship status (n = 249)

 Single

38 (15.3)

 In a relationship

211 (84.7)

Nationality (n = 246)

 German

221 (89.8)

 Other

25 (10.2)

Offshore experience (n = 249)

 ≤ 3 years

87 (34.9)

 > 3 years

162 (65.1)

Occupation (n = 250)

 Management onshore

13 (5.2)

 Management offshore / supervisor

78 (31.2)

 Technician / mechanic

122 (48.8)

 Ship’s / platform crew

14 (5.6)

 Research staff / surveyor, medical staff

12 (4.8)

 Quality manager / health and safety staff

11 (4.4)

Work schedule (n = 250)

 Regular schedule

215 (86.0)

 Occasional assignmentsa

35 (14.0)

Work shift (n = 250)

 Day shifts only

125 (50.0)

 Night shifts only

1 (0.4)

 Rotating shifts (day and night shifts)

124 (49.6)

Project phase of wind park (n = 249)

 In construction

88 (35.3)

 In operation

161 (64.7)

Living accommodation (n = 250)

 Offshore – on a platform

87 (34.8)

 Offshore – on a hotel ship

64 (25.6)

 Offshore – on a construction ship

43 (17.2)

 Offshore – in a container on a platform / ship

23 (9.2)

 On an island / on the mainland – at a hotel or flat

33 (13.2)

  1. Sample size differs between n = 246 and n = 250 due to missing data
  2. a≥ 28 days offshore during the last year