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Table 1 Baseline demographic data on participants with COPSOQ / ERI

From: The Gutenberg health study: a five-year prospective analysis of psychosocial working conditions using COPSOQ (Copenhagen psychosocial questionnaire) and ERI (effort-reward imbalance)

 

Total

COPSOQ (t0 & t1)

COPSOQ (only t0)

ERI (t0 & t1)

ERI (only t0)

Total

8680 (100%)

3091 (100%)

1231 (100%)

3142 (100%)

1216 (100%)

Sex

 Women

3998 (46.1%)

1386 (44.8%)

590 (47.9%)

1446 (46.0%)

576 (47.4%)

 Men

4682 (53.9%)

1705 (55.2%)

641 (53.1%)

1696 (54.0%)

640 (52.6%)

Age mean (SD)

49.0 (8.2)

47.2 (7.2)

53.6 (8.9)

47.3 (7.2)

53.2 (8.9)

Age Group years

 35–44

2858 (32.9%)

1207 (39.0%)

243 (19.7%)

1156 (36.8%)

252 (20.7%)

 45–54

3458 (39.8%)

1384 (44.8%)

295 (24.0%)

1465 (46.6%)

314 (25.8%)

 55–64

2125 (24.5%)

465 (15.0%)

609 (49.5%)

479 (15.2%)

572 (47.0%)

 65–74

239 (2.8%)

35 (1.1%)

84 (6.8%)

42 (1.3%)

78 (6.4%)

School Education

 9th grade

2422 (27.9%)

718 (23.2%)

477 (38.8%)

757 (24.2%)

470 (38.7%)

 10th grade

2062 (23.8%)

741 (24.0%)

265 (21.5%)

793 (25.2%)

263 (21.7%)

 12th/13th grade

4144 (47.4%)

1607 (52.0%)

468 (38.0%)

1571 (50.1%)

468 (38.6%)

 Other certification

39 (0.5%)

11 (0.4%)

13 (1.1%)

8 (0.3%)

7 (0.6%)

 None

30 (0.4%)

12 (0.4%)

7 (0.6%)

5 (0.2%)

6 (0.5%)

Occupational Education

 Vocational school/apprenticeship

3622 (41.7%)

1222 (39.6%)

589 (48.0%)

1267 (40.5%)

544 (45.0%)

 Technical school/master craftsman

1356 (15.6%)

511 (16.6%)

173 (14.1%)

484 (15.5%)

188(15.5%)

 University / College of applied science

3122 (36.0%)

1198 (38.8%)

366 (29.8%)

1196 (38.2%)

362 (15.5%)

 Other qualification

191 (2.2%)

61 (2.0%)

29 (2.4%)

79 (2.5%)

22 (1.8%)

Occupational Sector

 Agriculture, forestry, and horticulture

214 (2.5%)

80 (2.6%)

25 (2.0%)

81 (2.6%)

28 (2.3%)

 Production of raw materials and goods, and manufacturing

1089 (12.6%)

408 (13.2%)

138 (11.2%)

418 (13.3%)

125 (10.3%)

 Construction, architecture, surveying and technical building services

385 (4.4%)

136 (4.4%)

64 (5.2%)

140 (4.5%)

45 (3.7%)

 Natural sciences, geography and informatics

535 (6.2%)

231 (7.5%)

50 (4.1%)

201 (6.4%)

53 (4.4%)

 Traffic, logistics, safety and security

680 (7.8%)

230 (7.4%)

111 (9.0%)

223 (7.1%)

116 (9.5%)

 Commercial services, trading, sales, the hotel business and tourism

792 (9.1%)

271 (8.8%)

123 (10.0%)

285 (9.1%)

113 (9.3%)

 Business organization, accounting, law and administration

2368 (27.3%)

871 (28.2%)

297 (24.1%)

881 (28.0%)

319 (26.2%)

 Health care, the social sector, teaching and education

1533 (17.7%)

540 (17.5%)

209 (17.0%)

588 (18.7%)

196 (16.1%)

 Philology, literature, humanities, social sciences, economics, media, art, culture, and design

390 (4.5%)

148 (4.8%)

44 (3.6%)

149 (4.7%)

49 (4.0%)

 Other, no answer/ not classified

664 (7.7%)

176 (5.7%)

170 (13.8%)

176 (5.6%)

172 (14.2%)