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Table 3 Anteceding Variables of Reporting Difficulties Detaching from Work among German Teachers

From: Difficulties detaching psychologically from work among German teachers: prevalence, risk factors and health outcomes within a cross-sectional and national representative employee survey

 

Primary/Secondary school teachers (n = 906)

Other teachers (n = 641)

Detachment difficulties

Univariate model

Multivariate model

Detachment difficulties

Univariate model

Multivariate model

Low (%)

High (%)

OR

LL

UL

OR

LL

UL

Low (%)

High (%)

OR

LL

UL

OR

LL

UL

Demographic variables

 Sex

  Male

63.3

36.7

1

  

1

  

73.2

26.8

1

  

1

  

  Female

56.6

43.4

1.32

0.98

1.79

1.28

0.90

1.82

66.4

33.6

1.39

0.99

1.95

1.08

0.72

1.62

 Age

   < 37 years

56.0

44.0

1

  

1

  

74.0

26.0

1

  

1

  

  37–50 years

63.4

36.6

0.74

0.50

1.08

0.74

0.45

1.23

71.3

28.7

1.15

0.72

1.82

0.93

0.52

1.67

   >  50 years

55.8

44.2

1.01

0.70

1.45

0.97

0.55

1.70

66.0

34.0

1.46

0.95

2.25

1.16

0.60

2.24

Occupational variables

 Organizational tenure

   < 5 years

59.6

40.4

1

  

1

  

68.8

31.2

1

  

1

  

  5–14 years

63.5

36.5

0.85

0.57

1.28

0.73

0.38

1.40

74.2

25.8

0.77

0.50

1.18

0.46

0.23

0.94

   >  14 years

55.2

44.8

1.19

0.82

1.73

0.97

0.48

1.97

66.3

33.7

1.12

0.74

1.68

0.67

0.28

1.60

 Job tenure

   < 4 years

60.5

39.5

1

  

1

  

71.7

28.3

1

  

1

  

  4–10 years

57.6

42.4

1.13

0.77

1.65

1.28

0.72

2.26

68.8

31.2

1.14

0.75

1.76

1.72

0.87

3.40

   >  10 years

58.1

41.9

1.10

0.78

1.56

0.93

0.51

1.72

68.7

31.3

1.15

0.76

1.73

1.25

0.54

2.86

 Leadership position

  No

57.8

42.2

1

  

1

  

70.1

29.9

1

  

1

  

  Yes

61.4

38.6

0.86

0.61

1.21

0.81

0.54

1.22

69.0

31.0

1.05

0.74

1.51

0.78

0.50

1.22

 Employment contract

  Permanent

58.1

41.9

1

  

1

  

68.9

31.1

1

  

1

  

  Temporary

67.6

32.4

0.67

0.33

1.34

0.85

0.36

2.01

71.9

28.1

0.87

0.59

1.27

1.07

0.61

1.88

 Weekly working hours

   < 21 h

69.5

30.5

1

  

1

  

76.5

23.5

1

  

1

  

  21–34 h

64.7

35.3

1.24

0.71

2.19

1.16

0.61

2.20

68.5

31.5

1.50

0.76

2.96

1.64

0.76

3.56

  35–41 h

61.8

38.2

1.41

0.83

2.38

1.15

0.62

2.11

72.8

27.2

1.22

0.67

2.19

1.25

0.63

2.48

   > 41 h

49.9

50.1

2.29

1.37

3.84

1.66

0.89

3.11

64.8

35.2

1.77

0.99

3.15

1.44

0.70

2.96

 Working on weekends

  No

63.4

36.6

1

  

1

  

73.7

26.3

1

  

1

  

  Yes

53.0

47.0

1.54

1.18

2.01

1.31

0.94

1.81

64.0

36.0

1.58

1.13

2.23

1.40

0.93

2.10

 Telework

  No

67.9

32.1

1

  

1

  

73.7

26.3

1

  

1

  

  Yes

57.3

42.7

1.58

1.01

2.46

1.02

0.60

1.75

68.9

31.1

1.27

0.80

2.01

1.05

0.61

1.80

Overload demands

 Deadline/Performance pressure

  Low

72.8

27.2

1

  

1

  

79.1

20.9

1

  

1

  

  High

48.4

51.6

2.85

2.15

3.79

1.97

1.42

2.75

58.8

41.2

2.65

1.87

3.75

1.63

1.05

2.52

 Working very fast

  Low

60.7

39.3

1

  

1

  

73.7

26.3

1

  

1

  

  High

51.3

48.7

1.47

1.07

2.00

0.81

0.55

1.19

51.7

48.3

2.62

1.73

3.96

1.52

0.92

2.49

 Prescribed performance standards

  Low

61.9

38.1

1

  

1

  

73.0

27.0

1

  

1

  

  High

50.7

49.3

1.58

1.19

2.10

1.23

0.88

1.73

58.9

41.1

1.88

1.28

2.77

1.35

0.86

2.13

Cognitive demands

 Multitasking

  Low

76.5

23.5

1

  

1

  

75.8

24.2

1

  

1

  

  High

55.0

45.0

2.67

1.78

4.00

1.67

1.05

2.66

66.8

33.2

1.56

1.07

2.27

0.97

0.62

1.51

 Work interruptions

  Low

64.8

35.2

1

  

1

  

74.1

25.9

1

  

1

  

  High

50.6

49.4

1.79

1.37

2.34

1.06

0.76

1.48

61.8

38.2

1.76

1.25

2.49

1.39

0.91

2.12

Emotional demands

 Emotional demands

  Low

71.6

28.4

1

  

1

  

75.7

24.3

1

  

1

  

  High

28.4

71.6

6.38

4.66

8.73

5.55

3.96

7.78

26.9

73.1

8.44

4.94

14.43

5.84

3.25

10.46

Contextual resources

 Colleague support

  Low

49.2

50.8

1

  

1

  

58.6

41.4

1

  

1

  

  High

60.6

39.4

0.63

0.45

0.88

0.63

0.42

0.96

72.5

27.5

0.54

0.36

0.80

0.82

0.50

1.34

 Supervisor support

  Low

52.8

47.2

1

  

1

  

63.1

36.9

1

  

1

  

  High

62.9

37.1

0.66

0.50

0.87

0.93

0.65

1.32

74.7

25.3

0.58

0.41

0.82

0.72

0.46

1.13

 Rewards (Supervisor)

  Low

56.8

43.2

1

  

1

  

68.2

31.8

1

  

1

  

  High

62.2

37.8

0.80

0.59

1.07

0.91

0.63

1.30

72.9

27.1

0.80

0.55

1.16

1.16

0.72

1.85

Physical demands

 Noise

  Low

65.1

34.9

1

  

1

  

71.7

28.3

1

  

1

  

  High

52.9

47.1

1.66

1.27

2.17

1.07

0.75

1.53

55.3

44.7

2.05

1.26

3.34

1.16

0.61

2.21

 Distracting noise

  Low

63.6

36.4

1

  

1

  

71.7

28.3

1

  

1

  

  High

50.6

49.4

1.71

1.30

2.24

1.14

0.80

1.64

56.1

43.9

1.99

1.24

3.19

1.14

0.62

2.09

  1. Note. Imputed data set was used for analyses. LL/UL = lower and upper limit of ORs 95% confidence interval. ‘low’ = never, rarely, sometimes, ‘high’ = often. R2 in the multivariate model was .29 for primary/secondary school teachers and .23 for other teachers. ORs and corresponding 95% confidence intervals in boldface are significant with p < .05
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