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Table 3 Fixed effect estimates of STR on work hours

From: Association between student-teacher ratio and teachers’ working hours and workload stress: evidence from a nationwide survey in Japan

 

Primary school (N=2761)

Lower-secondary school (N=3006)

Dependent variables

Coef. of STR

95% CI

Coef. of STR

95% CI

Total work hours

0.239***

[0.108, 0.370]

0.563***

[0.380, 0.745]

Teaching

0.084*

[0.002, 0.166]

0.266***

[0.194, 0.337]

Preparation of lessons

0.021

[-0.048, 0.091]

-0.021

[-0.090, 0.048]

Team work and dialogue with colleagues

0.092***

[0.060, 0.124]

0.029

[-0.006, 0.063]

Marking/correcting of student work

0.121***

[0.084, 0.158]

0.085***

[0.039, 0.131]

Counselling students

0.039***

[0.024, 0.053]

0.039*

[0.003, 0.075]

Participation in school management

-0.065**

[-0.113, -0.016]

-0.038

[-0.096, 0.020]

General administrative work

-0.128***

[-0.194, -0.062]

0.011

[-0.056, 0.077]

Professional development activities

-0.002

[-0.022, 0.018]

0.010

[-0.006, 0.027]

Communication and co-operation with parents

0.020**

[0.006, 0.034]

0.037***

[0.020, 0.053]

Engaging in extracurricular activities

0.008

[-0.013, 0.028]

0.096*

[0.008, 0.184]

Other work tasks

0.003

[-0.027, 0.034]

-0.013

[-0.069, 0.043]

  1. Fixed effect estimates of STR obtained from estimations of the random intercept model were reported.
  2. *** p<0.001, ** p<0.01, * p<0.05