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Table 2 Composition of indices, weighting of contents and descriptive statistics

From: Work profiles of older employees in Germany-results from the lidA-cohort study

Index

Scales/ items included (weighting factor)

Descriptives

Physical exposure

Proportion of working time: sitting (1); bending, kneeling/ lying/working above head (1); lifting heavy loads (1); repetitive movements (1)

50.0 (50.0)a

Working time quality

Shift work (1); night shifts per month (1); having another job (1)

100.0 (33.3)a

Work intensity

COPSOQ-Scale „quantitative demands – 4 items “(2); frequency of interruptions at work (1)

47.6 (25.5)b

Skills & discretion

COPSOQ-Scale „influence at work – 3 items “(1); COPSOQ-Scale „possibilities for development – 3 items “(1)

50.8 (21.6)b

Social environment

COPSOQ-Scale „support from colleagues – 2 items “(1); ERI item: receiving acknowledgment from colleagues (1)

69.7 (29.0)b

Quality of leadership

COPSOQ-Scale „quality of leadership – 3 items “(3); ERI-item stress due to lack of recognition from superior (1)

61.1 (22.2)b

Continued education

Participation in continued education in the last 12 months: 0 = no, 1 = yes

.20c

Earnings

Monthly equivalised household net income

16.2 (7.5)b

Prospects

Open ended or fixed-term work contract (1); recent job cuts/dismissals in enterprise (1); risk of losing one’s job (1); promotion prospects (1); chances for occupational advancement (1)

60.0 (20.0)a

  1. Note. a = median and interquartile range are displayed for ordinal indices; b = mean and standard deviation are displayed for metric indices; c = proportion in the sample