Teachers’ working time as a risk factor for their mental health - findings from a cross-sectional study at German upper-level secondary schools

Table 2 Characteristics of the sample

Variables	Number of teachers	%
Full-time teachers	6109	100
Sex
- male	2680	43.9
- female	3429	56.1
Age groups [years]
- 20 – 29	636	10.4
- 30 – 39	2442	40.0
- 40 – 49	1535	25.1
- 50 – 59	1177	19.3
- 60 – 67	319	5.2
Employment
- civil servants^a	5267	86.2
- other employees	842	13.8
Subject profile
- languages	990	16.2
- social sciences	220	3.6
- natural sciences	1310	21.4
- languages and social sciences	1497	24.5
- languages and natural sciences	373	6.1
- social sciences and natural sciences	471	7.7
- art, music, sports	126	2.1
- subject combinations with art, music, sports	1122	18.4

Notes: %: frequencies in %
^aIn the state education system, many teachers gain the status of civil servants, which affords them certain rights and privileges

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