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Table 5 Comparison of inability to recover and emotional exhaustion depending on weekly working hours

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

Variables

Weekly working hours of teachers [h]

Significance

Total (n = 4779)

<40 (n = 1796)

>45 (n = 2983)

χ2-value

p-value (effect size d)

n

%

n

%

n

%

  

Inability to recover (IR) [6 – 24 pts]

- normal (6 - 18 pts)

2935

61.4

1328

73.9

1607

53.9

196.28

<0.001 (0.414)

- noticeable (19 - 20 pts)

895

18.7

252

14.0

643

21.6

 

- very noticeable (≥21- 24 pts)

949

19.9

216

12.0

733

24.5

 

Emotional exhaustion (EE) [0 – 6 pts]

- low (≤2.0 pts)

2226

46.6

982

54.7

1244

41.7

83.99

<0.001 (0.268)

- normal (>2.0 – <3.2 pts)

1186

24.8

413

23.0

773

25.9

 

- high (≥3.2 – 6.0 pts)

1367

28.6

401

22.3

966

32.4

 
  1. Notes: n number of teachers, pts points; %: frequency in %. Chi-square test (Pearson); test size: χ2-value; p-value: significance (two-sided); effect size d: 0.2 - 0.4 = small effect [41]