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Table 2 Occupational-, sociodemographic-, life-style factors and self-efficacy at baseline, among 490 teachers (356 females and 134 males), stratified into low/high demands, and low/median/high self-efficacy

From: Burnout among school teachers: quantitative and qualitative results from a follow-up study in southern Sweden

  

Job demands

Self-efficacy

Characteristics at baseline

Scale

Low (N = 272)

High (N = 214)

Low (N = 101)

Median (N = 214)

High

(N = 172)

Year of compulsory school

 year 4–6; n (%)

 

93 (34)

57 (27)

33 (33)

76 (35.5)

44 (26)

 year 7–9; n (%)

 

179 (66)

157 (73)

68 (67)

138 (64.5)

128 (74)

 Seniority; mean (SD)

years

17 (12)

17 (12)

18 (12)

17 (12)

17 (12)

Complaints on computer

 workstation arrangements; mean (SD)

1-5 a

2.8 (1.0)

3.4 (1.1)

3.2 (1.2)

3.1 (1.0)

3.0 (1.1)

 Job demands; mean (SD)

1-4 a

n.a.

n.a.

3.0 (0.4)

2.9 (0.4)

2.9 (0.4)

 Job control – decision latitude; mean (SD)

1-4 b

3.1 (0.4)

3.0 (0.5)

3.0 (0.4)

3.1 (0.4)

3.1 (0.5)

Job control - skill discretion; mean (SD)

1-4 b

3.4 (0.3)

3.4 (0.3)

3.3 (0.3)

3.4 (0.3)

3.4 (0.3)

Job support from manager; mean (SD)

0-4 b

2.8 (0.5)

2.4 (0.6)

2.5 (0.6)

2.6 (0.5)

2.6 (0.7)

 Job support from collegues; mean (SD)

0-4 b

3.1 (0.4)

3.0 (0.5)

3.0 (0.5)

3.1 (0.4)

3.1 (0.4)

 Emotional demands; mean (SD)

0-4 a

2.5 (0.7)

3.1 (0.6)

2.9 (0.7)

2.8 (0.7)

2.7 (0.8)

 Demands of hiding emotions; mean (SD)

0-4 a

1.5 (0.8)

1.9 (0.7)

1.8 (0.8)

1.7 (0.8)

1.6 (0.8)

 Leadership; mean (SD)

0-4 b

2.3 (0.7)

1.7 (0.80)

1.9 (0.9)

2.1 (0.8)

2.1 (0.9)

 Self-efficacy; mean (SD)

1-5 b

4.1 (0.5)

4.0 (0.5)

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Gender

 Men; n (%)

 

85 (31)

47 (22)

24 (24)

57 (27)

51 (30)

 Women; n (%)

 

187 (69)

167 (78)

76 (76)

157 (73)

121 (70)

Marital status

 Married/cohabit; n (%)

 

224 (85)

179 (84)

79 (80)

187 (89)

139 (83)

 Single; n (%)

 

40 (15)

33 (16)

20 (20)

24 (11)

28 (17)

 Age; mean (SD)

years

48 (11)

47 (11)

48 (12)

48 (11)

47 (11)

 Personal relaxation time; mean (SD)

1-6 b

3.7 (1.3)

3.3 (1.3)

3.7 (1.4)

3.5 (1.3)

3.5 (1.3)

 Domestic work; mean (SD)

1-5 a

2.8 (0.9)

2.9 (0.9)

2.75 (1.1)

2.9 (0.8)

2.85 (0.9)

 Physical exercise; mean (SD)

0-4 b

2.8 (1.1)

2.55 (1.1)

2.8 (0.8)

2.6 (1.1)

2.7 (1.1)

  1. a Higher scores indicate a more unfavourable situation
  2. b Higher scores indicate a more favourable situation