Table 2 Prevalences of social stressors and social resources at work among n = 1118 ready-made garment workers

Social conflict at work

 Bullied by your colleagues on the same rank

163

14.6

(12.6- 16.8)

116

14.6

(12.2–17.2)

47

14.6

(11.0–19.0)

80

13.1

(10.5–16.1)

83

16.3

(13.2–19.8)

 Bullied by your supervisor

137

12.3

(10.4–14.3)

94

11.8

(9.6–14.2)

43

13.4

(9.9–17.6)

68

11.1

(8.8–13.9)

69

13.6

(10.7–16.9)

Combined bullying variable

 Bullied neither by supervisor nor by colleagues

912

81.6

(79.3–83.9)

653

81.9

(79.1–84.5)

259

80.7

(75.9–84.9)

506

83.0

(79.7–85.9)

406

79.9

(76.2–83.3)

 Bullied by either supervisor or colleagues

108

9.7

(8.0–11.6)

76

9.5

(7.6–11.8)

32

10.0

(6.9–13.8)

58

9.5

(7.3–12.1)

50

9.8

(7.4–12.8)

 Bullied by both, supervisor, and colleagues

96

8.6

(7.0–10.4)

67

8.4

(6.6–10.6)

29

9.0

(6.1–12.7)

45

7.4

(5.4–9.7)

51

10.0

(7.6–13.0)

Leadership at work

 Supervisors do not care about workers' problems

500

44.7

(41.8–47.7)

343

43.0

(39.6–46.6)

157

48.9

(43.3–54.5)

283

46.4

(42.2–50.4)

217

42.7

(38.4–47.1)

 Supervisors take decisions that are free of personal bias

846

75.7

(73.0–78.2)

593

74.4

(71.2–77.4)

253

78.8

(73.9–83.2)

473

77.5

(74.0–80.8)

373

73.4

(69.4–77.2)

Combined leadership variable

 Neither do supervisors care about problems nor do they take decisions free of bias

115

10.3

(8.6–12.3)

82

10.3

(8.3–12.6)

33

10.3

(7.2–14.1)

54

8.9

(6.7–11.4)

61

12.0

(9.3–15.2)

 Supervisors do care about problems or take decisions free of bias

536

48.2

(45.2–51.2)

378

47.4

(43.9–51.0)

158

49.2

(43.6–54.8)

311

51.0

(46.9–55.0)

225

44.3

(39.9–48.7)

 Supervisors do care about problems and take decisions free of bias

461

41.5

(38.5–44.4)

332

41.7

(38.2–45.2)

129

40.2

(34.8–45.8)

244

40.0

(36.1–44.0)

217

42.7

(38.4–47.1)

Social support at work

 Support from your colleagues on the same rank

900

80.5

(78.1–82.8)

635

79.7

(76.7–82.4)

265

82.6

(78.0–86.5)

508

83.3

(80.1–86.2)

392

77.2

(73.3–80.7)

 Support from your supervisor

961

86.0

(83.8–87.9)

686

86.1

(83.5–88.4)

275

85.7

(81.4–89.3)

543

89.0

(86.3–91.4)

418

82.3

(78.7–85.5)

Combined support variable

 Supported neither by supervisor nor by colleagues

103

9.2

(7.6–11.1)

70

8.8

(6.9–11.0)

33

10.3

(7.2–14.2)

43

7.0

(5.1–9.4)

60

11.8

(9.1–14.9)

 Supported by either supervisor or colleagues

167

14.9

(12.9–17.2)

132

16.6

(14.0–19.3)

35

10.9

(7.7–14.8)

83

13.6

(11.0–16.6)

84

16.5

(13.4–20.1)

 Supported by both, supervisor, and colleagues

846

75.7

(73.2–78.3)

594

74.5

(71.4–77.5)

252

78.5

(73.6–82.9)

484

79.3

(75.9–82.5)

362

71.3

(67.1–75.2)

Hierarchical interactions at work

 Trust in the information that comes from the management

921

82.4

(80.0–84.6)

679

85.2

(82.5–87.6)

242

75.4

(70.3–80.0)

507

83.1

(79.9–86.0)

414

81.5

(77.8–84.8)

 Management trusts the employees to do their work well (perceived)

1052

94.1

(92.6–95.4)

761

95.5

(93.8–96.8)

291

90.7

(86.9–93.6)

577

94.6

(92.5–96.2)

475

93.5

(91.0–95.5)

Combined trust variable

 Vertical trust in neither of both directions

37

3.3

(2.4–4.6)

21

2.6

(1.6–4.0)

16

5.0

(2.9–8.1)

1

2.8

(1.6–4.4)

20

3.9

(2.4–6.0)

 Vertical trust in one direction

177

15.9

(13.8–18.2)

110

13.8

(11.5–16.4)

67

20.9

(16.6–25.7)

97

15.9

(13.1–19.0)

80

15.7

(12.7–19.2)

 Vertical trust in both directions

897

80.7

(78.3–83.0)

665

83.4

(80.7–45.2)

232

72.3

(67.9–77.1)

493

80.8

(77.5–83.9)

404

79.5

(75.8–83.0)