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Table 1 Workplace Social Capital mean (SD) by participant characteristics (N = 362)

From: Investigation into the metric properties of the workplace social capital questionnaire and its association with self-rated health and psychological distress amongst Greek-Cypriot registered nurses: cross-sectional descriptive study

  

N

%

WSC Mean (SD)

p (p trend)

Gender

Male

64

17.7%

3.69 (0.70)

 

Female

273

75.4%

3.56 (0.68)

 

Not specified

25

6.9%

3.38 (0.71)

0.17

Age

< 35

128

25.4%

3.45 (0.75)

 

35–45

86

23.8%

3.65 (0.59)

 

45+

121

33.4%

3.64 (0.69)

 

Not specified

27

7.5%

3.54 (0.67)

0.08 (0.02)

Marital status

Single

41

11.3%

3.63 (0.81)

 

Married/Cohabiting

261

72.1%

3.57 (0.68)

 

Divorced/Widowed

26

7.2%

3.62 (0.58)

 

Not specified

34

9.4%

3.43 (0.71)

0.67

Number of children

None

58

16.3%

3.46 (0.83)

 

One

51

14.1%

3.58 (0.64)

 

Two

124

34.3%

3.66 (0.63)

 

Three or more

102

28.5%

3.54 (0.70)

 

Not specified

25

9.9%

3.47 (0.64)

0.41 (0.49)

Family monthly income

< 2000 euro

46

12.7%

3.54 (0.70)

 

2001–3000 euro

113

31.2%

3.50 (0.70)

 

3001–5000 euro

135

37.3%

3.63 (0.66)

 

> 5000 euro

38

10.5%

3.60 (0.72)

 

Not specified

30

8.3%

3.57 (0.73)

0.68 (0.28)

Length of employment

< 3 years

109

30.1%

3.49 (0.70)

 

3–10 years

119

32.9%

3.54 (0.70)

 

More than 10 years

110

30.4%

3.69 (0.67)

 

Not specified

24

6.6%

3.46 (0.68)

0.14 (0.04)

Length of residence in current address

<  3 years

53

14.6%

3.49 (0.75)

 

3–10 years

143

39.5%

3.48 (0.66)

 

> 10 years

143

39.5%

3.70 (0.68)

 

Not specified

23

6.4%

3.51 (0.69)

0.04 (0.01)

Change of address in last 10 years

Never

143

39.5%

3.70 (0.68)

 

Once

117

32.3%

3.50 (0.65)

 

At least twice

74

20.4%

3.43 (0.76)

 

Not specified

28

7.7%

3.53 (0.64)

0.03 (0.004)

House tenure

Owner-occupied

306

84.5%

3.58 (0.69)

 

Privately renting

26

7.2%

3.50 (0.77)

 

Not specified

30

8.3%

3.51 (0.68)

0.76

Type of accommodation

Detached House

224

61.9%

3.55 (0.69)

 

Small apartment block

100

27.6%

3.64 (0.67)

 

Large apartment block

14

3.9%

3.42 (0.82)

 

Not specified

24

6.6%

3.53 (0.69)

0.60

Self-rated health (VAS 0–100)

< 69

108

29.8%

3.45 (0.64)

 

70–79

75

20.7%

3.53 (0.62)

 

80–89

88

24.3%

3.59 (0.74)

 

> 90

41

11.3%

3.85 (0.69)

 

Not specified

50

13.8%

3.62 (0.75)

0.03 (0.003)

Psychological distress (GHQ-12)

< 4

224

61.9%

3.62 (0.65)

 

4 or more

92

25.4%

3.38 (0.74)

 

Not specified

46

12.7%

3.69 (0.73)

0.01

  1. p-value of chi-square test (including “not specified”) and, where appropriate, p-value for trend across ordinal levels (excluding “not specified”)