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Table 1 General characteristics of study population

From: Decreasing employees’ work stress by a participatory, organizational level work stress prevention approach: a multiple-case study in primary education

  

School

Total

School A

School B

School C

School D

School E

N:

119

6

35

30

19

29

% of total sample:

100%

5%

29%

25%

16%

24%

Gender [N = 119]

 Male

9.2%

16.7%

14.3%

3.3%

5.3%

10.3%

 Female

90.8%

83.3%

85.7%

96.7%

94.7%

89.7%

Age (in years) [N = 119]

 20–30

15.1%

0%

11.4%

10.0%

36.8%▲

13.8%

 30–40

31.1%

16.7%

42.9%

40.0%

15.8%

20.7%

 40–50

18.5%

16.7%

11.4%

20.0%

10.5%

31.0%▲

 50–60

29.4%

16.7%

28.6%

26.7%

36.8%

31.0%

  + 60

5.9%

50.0%▲

5.7%

3.3%

0%

3.4%

Position [N = 119]

 Teacher

85.7%

100%

88.6%

76.7%

84.2%

89.7%

 Staff

10.1%

0%

11.4%

16.7%

5.3%

6.9%

 Management

4.2%

0%

0%

6.7%

10.5%

3.4%

Job demands (range 1–4, 4 items)[N = 119]

 Mean

2.74

2.75

2.82

2.69

2.59

2.80

 Standard deviation

0.60

0.84

0.63

0.47

0.67

0.60

Autonomy (range 1–3, 3 items)[N = 119]

 Mean

2,34

2,17

2.26

2.46

2.40

2.32

 Standard deviation

0.47

0.75

0.52

0.40

0.42

0.44

Supervisor support (range 1–5, 4 items)

 Mean

2.99

3.08

2.90

2.83

3.20

3.09

 Standard deviation

0.63

0.34

0.76

0.57

0.52

0.57

Co-worker support (range 1–5, 4 items)

 Mean

3.37

3.58

3.36

3.43

3.28

3.36

 Standard deviation

0.45

0.34

0.49

0.38

0.52

0.46

Work stress (range 1–7, 5 items)

 Mean

2.68

3.47

2.81

2.41

2.60

2.70

 Standard deviation

1.17

1.52

1.30

1.21

0.89

1.04

Job satisfaction (range 1–5, 1 item)

 Mean

3.79

3.33

3.69

3.90

3.95

3.79

 Standard deviation

0.78

1.21

0.96

0.71

0.40

0.68

  1. Percentages are column percentages and are tested with the Pearson χ2-test (horizontal comparisons). The contrast is subgroup vs ‘rest’ (weighted deviation contrast). ▲ and : p < 0.05, significant high (low) percentages (two-tailed), and Cohen’s d is at least 0.20