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Table 2 Personal and work characteristics of survey respondents

From: The physical and mental health of Australian truck drivers: a national cross-sectional study

 

Whole cohort

N = 1390

Long-haul

N = 549 (39.5%)

Short-haul

N = 837 (60.2%)

  

n

%

n

%

n

%

Χ2 (df)

p

Age

  < 35 years

367

26.4%

141

25.7%

225

26.9%

4.3 (3)

0.231

 35–44 years

273

19.6%

95

17.3%

177

21.2%

  

 45–55 years

364

26.2%

153

27.9%

210

25.1%

  

  > 55 years

383

27.6%

159

29.0%

223

26.7%

  

Sex

 Male

1349

97.1%

531

97.4%

814

97.7%

0.1 (1)

0.231

 Female

33

2.4%

14

2.6%

19

2.3%

  

Employment type

 Owner driver

190

13.7%

82

15.1%

107

12.9%

1.4 (1)

0.242

 Employee driver

1181

85.5%

461

84.9%

724

87.2%

  

Experience

  < 5 years

283

20.4%

91

16.6%

191

22.8%

11.9 (2)

0.003

 5–20 years

533

38.3%

204

37.2%

328

39.2%

  

  > 20 years

573

41.2%

253

46.2%

318

38.0%

  

Payment type

 Flat rate

459

33.0%

123

22.7%

335

40.4%

520.9 (4)

< 0.001

 Single time pay

417

30.0%

48

8.8%

368

44.3%

  

 Kilometre rate

285

20.5%

263

48.4%

22

2.7%

  

 Per trip/delivery

129

9.3%

77

14.2%

52

6.3%

  

 Other

86

6.2%

32

5.9%

53

6.4%

  

Working hours/week

  ≤ 40

156

11.2%

38

7.0%

117

14.1%

169.5 (2)

< 0.001

 41–60

700

50.4%

185

34.1%

513

61.8%

  

  > 60

521

37.5%

320

58.9%

200

24.1%

  

 Mean (SD)

60.62 (17.77)

69.34 (18.83)

55.59 (15.06)

  

Shift type

 Multiple trips between same location

789

56.8%

140

25.7%

647

78.0%

423.4 (2)

< 0.001

 Single trip between 2 locations

334

24.0%

274

50.3%

60

7.2%

  

 Multiple trips between 2 locations

255

18.3%

131

24.0%

122

14.7%

  

Vehicle type

 B double

451

32.4%

279

51.0%

171

20.5%

289.8 (3)

< 0.001

 Articulated truck

432

31.1%

126

23.0%

305

36.5%

  

 Rigid truck and other

349

25.1%

37

6.8%

311

37.2%

  

 Road train

153

11.0%

105

19.2%

48

5.7%

  

Working for more than one company

 Yes

183

13.2%

89

16.3%

93

11.2%

7.5 (1)

0.006

 No

1197

86.1%

457

83.7%

737

88.8%

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