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Table 4 Estimation results on workload stress and related variables

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

 

Primary school

Lower-secondary school

 

Workload stress

Workplace well-being and stress

Job satisfaction

Workload stress

Workplace well-being and stress

Job satisfaction

Level 1 (Teacher)

      

Intercept

7.254***

7.349***

13.366***

7.266***

7.711***

13.167***

 

[6.666, 7.841]

[6.731, 7.968]

[12.811, 13.922]

[6.783, 7.749]

[7.313, 8.108]

[12.765, 13.569]

Gender (M: 0 F: 1)

-0.339***

-0.219*

0.141

-0.264**

-0.184*

0.104

 

[-0.528, -0.150]

[-0.415, -0.022]

[-0.030, 0.313]

[-0.423, -0.104]

[-0.353, -0.016]

[-0.057, 0.265]

Employment status

1.842***

1.278***

-0.773***

1.147***

1.411***

-0.757***

(Fixed-term: 0 Permanent: 1)

[1.384, 2.300]

[0.895, 1.661]

[-1.090, -0.456]

[0.871, 1.424]

[1.141, 1.681]

[-1.032, -0.482]

Teaching experience (Years)

-0.002

0.006

-0.006

-0.001

-0.003

-0.003

 

[-0.009, 0.005]

[-0.001, 0.014]

[-0.013, 0.002]

[-0.007, 0.005]

[-0.011, 0.006]

[-0.011, 0.005]

Level 2 (School)

      

STR

0.058***

0.037**

-0.019

0.078***

0.040***

-0.037**

 

[0.036, 0.080]

[0.013, 0.061]

[-0.040, 0.003]

[0.052, 0.104]

[0.019, 0.060]

[-0.060, -0.013]

School type

-0.313

0.545

-0.700

-0.222

-0.173

-0.023

(Public: 0 Private: 1)

[-0.684, 0.058]

[-0.277, 1.367]

[-1.968, 0.568]

[-0.623, 0.180]

[-0.483, 0.136]

[-0.318, 0.272]

Variance components

      

Intercept variance

0.508***

0.482***

0.693***

0.415***

0.427***

0.550***

 

[0.423, 0.611]

[0.392, 0.593]

[0.558, 0.861]

[0.333, 0.517]

[0.346, 0.527]

[0.440, 0.687]

Within-school variance

4.136***

3.897***

2.873***

3.343***

4.053***

3.220***

 

[3.898, 4.389]

[3.636, 4.178]

[2.673, 3.088]

[3.119, 3.582]

[3.826, 4.293]

[3.006, 3.449]

Number of teachers

2761

2761

2761

3006

3006

3006

Number of schools

193

193

193

190

190

190

  1. Estimation results of the random intercept model were reported. Figures in square brackets were 95% confidence intervals.
  2. *** p<0.001, ** p<0.01, * p<0.05