Table 3 Distribution of older employees across profiles (percentage)
From: Work profiles of older employees in Germany-results from the lidA-cohort study
Poor Quality (n = 1175, 18.7%) | Relaxed Manual (n = 1880, 30.0%) | Strained non-Manual (n = 976, 15.5%) | Smooth Running (n = 2064, 32.9%) | High Flying (n = 182, 2.9%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex: χ2(4) = 14.74, p = .005 | |||||
Male | 48.2 | 44.1 | 45.4 | 48.9 | 54.4 |
Female | 51.8 | 55.9 | 54.6 | 51.1 | 45.6 |
Educational level: χ2(8) = 774.95, p < .001 | |||||
Low | 36.3 | 37.9 | 13.1 | 15.7 | 5.5 |
Medium | 54.7 | 54.0 | 55.2 | 53.3 | 47.0 |
High | 9.0 | 8.1 | 31.6 | 31.0 | 47.5 |
Job task requirement level: χ2(12) = 1401.07, p < .001 | |||||
Un−/Semiskilled task | 15.6 | 16.6 | 1.9 | 1.6 | a |
Skilled task | 68.7 | 70.1 | 44.4 | 44.6 | > 20.0a |
Complex task | 10.7 | 8.9 | 25.7 | 24.0 | 23.3 |
Highly complex task | 5.1 | 4.4 | 28.0 | 29.8 | 50.0 |
Weekly working hours: χ2(8) = 264.54, p < .001 | |||||
Full-time (> 34 h/week) | 69.4 | 59.6 | 74.8 | 74.5 | 88.8 |
Part-time (20 to 34 h/week) | 19.9 | 22.4 | 20.9 | 19.8 | > 5.0a |
Part-time (< 20 h/week) | 10.8 | 18.0 | 4.3 | 5.6 | a |
Occupational area: χ2(32) = 872.79, p < .001 | |||||
Armed forces personnel | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Agriculture, forestry, gardening and fishing | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Production of raw materials and goods, and manufacturing | 27.5 | 24.3 | 15.3 | 17.0 | 9.4 |
Construction, architecture, surveying, and technical building services | 4.5 | 7.2 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 3.3 |
Natural sciences, geography, and informatics | 1.5 | 2.0 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 7.2 |
Traffic, logistics, safety and security | 20.6 | 18.6 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
Commercial services, trading, sales, hotel business and tourisms | 12.0 | 13.4 | 8.1 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
Business organisation, accounting, law, and administration | 13.5 | 13.5 | 30.0 | 29.3 | 48.3 |
Health care, the social sector, teaching and education | 16.9 | 18.1 | 28.7 | 25.0 | 15.0 |
Philology, literature, humanities, social sciences and economics, media, art, culture and design | 1.6 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 |