Table 4 Association between social stressors and resources with self-reported health complaints among n = 1118 ready-made garment workers

Social conflict at work

Leadership at work

Bullied by colleagues

Bullied by supervisor

Bullied by either colleagues or supervisor

(vs. neither nor)

Bullied by both colleagues and supervisor

(vs. neither nor)

Supervisors do not care about workers’ problems

Supervisors take decisions free of personal bias

Supervisors do care about problems or take decisions free of bias

(vs. neither nor)

Supervisors do care about problems and take decisions free of bias

(vs. neither nor)

PR (95% CI)^a

PR (95% CI)

PR (95% CI)

PR (95% CI)

PR (95% CI)

PR (95% CI)

PR (95% CI)

PR (95% CI)

Poor SRH

1.55 (1.32–1.92)

1.48 (1.23–1.77)

1.21 (0.96–1.53)

1.72 (1.43–2.07)

1.12 (0.96–1.30)

0.76 (0.65–0.89)

0.74 (0.61–0.91)

0.66 (0.53–0.82)

Back pain

1.22 (1.06–1.40)

1.34 (1.16–1.54)

1.27 (1.07–1.49)

1.30 (1.10–1.55)

1.08 (0.96–1.21)

0.96 (0.84–1.10)

0.79 (0.67–0.93)

0.82 (0.69–0.97)

Sleeplessness

1.62 (1.33–1.97)

1.43 (1.14–1.79)

1.39 (1.08–1.79)

1.66 (1.30–2.12)

1.09 (0.92–1.31)

0.69 (0.58–0.83)

0.69 (0.54–0.87)

0.61 (0.48–0.79)

Headache

1.14 (1.03–1.25)

1.15 (1.03–1.27)

1.07 (0.94–1.21)

1.19 (1.06–1.33)

0.97 (0.89–1.05)

0.95 (0.87–1.04)

0.96 (0.84–1.09)

0.98 (0.85–1.12)

Cold

1.21 (1.06–1.38)

1.18 (1.02–1.36)

1.13 (0.96–1.33)

1.25 (1.06–1.46)

0.87 (0.78–0.97)

0.84 (0.75–0.94)

0.87 (0.74–1.03)

0.93 (0.79–1.09)

Jaundice

1.04 (0.87–1.24)

0.97 (0.79–1.19)

0.95 (0.76–1.19)

1.04 (0.82–1.30)

0.90 (0.78–1.03)

0.82 (0.71–0.94)

0.88 (0.71–1.08)

0.90 (0.72–1.11)

Stomach problems

1.47 (1.19–1.83)

1.49 (1.19–1.88)

1.01 (0.73–1.40)

1.75 (1.38–2.22)

0.83 (0.69–1.00)

1.10 (0.88–1.38)

1.29 (0.89–1.88)

1.45 (0.99–2.10)

Muscle cramp

1.65 (1.43–1.90)

1.70 (1.47–1.96)

1.52 (1.26–1.82)

1.83 (1.56–2.15)

0.86 (0.75–0.99)

0.80 (0.69–0.93)

0.76 (0.62–0.93)

0.85 (0.70–1.04)

Eye problems

1.48 (1.15–1.90)

1.38 (1.04–1.85)

1.12 (0.79–1.60)

1.63 (1.20–2.21)

1.15 (0.93–1.43)

0.93 (0.73–1.19)

1.07 (0.75–1.51)

0.86 (0.60–1.24)

Social support at work

Hierarchical interactions at work

Support from colleagues

Support from supervisor

Support from either colleagues or supervisor

(vs. neither nor)

Support from both colleagues and supervisor

(vs. neither nor)

Trust in information from management

Management trusts the employees (perceived)

Vertical trust in one direction

(vs. neither nor)

Vertical trust in both directions

(vs. neither nor)

PR (95% CI)

PR (95% CI)

PR (95% CI)

PR (95% CI)

PR (95% CI)

PR (95% CI)

PR (95% CI)

PR (95% CI)

Poor SRH

0.76 (0.65–0.90)

0.61 (0.52–0.71)

0.74 (0.59–0.94)

0.60 (0.50–0.72)

0.74 (0.62–0.87)

0.78 (0.58–1.05)

1.14 (0.75–1.74)

0.80 (0.54–1.20)

Back pain

0.86 (0.76–0.98)

0.84 (0.73–0.97)

0.95 (0.78–1.17)

0.82 (0.69–0.98)

0.88 (0.76–1.01)

0.80 (0.64–0.99)

0.93 (0.69–1.25)

0.80 (0.61–1.06)

Sleeplessness

0.75 (0.61–0.91)

0.69 (0.56–0.85)

0.94 (0.70–1.26)

0.68 (0.53–0.87)

0.80 (0.65–0.99)

1.00 (0.68–1.47)

1.03 (0.64–1.66)

0.85 (0.55–1.33)

Headache

0.87 (0.80–0.95)

0.88 (0.80–0.97)

1.00 (0.87–1.15)

0.86 (0.76–0.98)

0.95 (0.86–1.05)

0.93 (0.79–1.10)

0.89 (0.73–1.10)

0.87 (0.73–1.05)

Cold

0.85 (0.76–0.96)

0.95 (0.82–1.10)

1.23 (1.00–1.50)

0.96 (0.80–1.16)

0.98 (0.85–1.13)

0.82 (0.68–0.99)

1.01 (0.75–1.36)

0.93 (0.71–1.23)

Jaundice

0.84 (0.72–0.98)

0.80 (0.68–0.94)

0.94 (0.75–1.19)

0.79 (0.65–0.95)

0.95 (0.80–1.13)

0.81 (0.64–1.04)

0.96 (0.67–1.37)

0.88 (0.63–1.22)

Stomach problems

0.82 (0.66–1.01)

0.99 (0.76–1.29)

1.35 (0.94–1.94)

0.99 (0.71–1.37)

0.90 (0.71–1.14)

0.77 (0.54–1.09)

0.90 (0.55–1.46)

0.79 (0.51–1.24)

Muscle cramp

0.86 (0.74–1.01)

0.74 (0.63–0.87)

1.10 (0.86–1.39)

0.81 (0.66–1.01)

0.98 (0.81–1.17)

0.96 (0.71–1.30)

0.97 (0.65–1.46)

0.95 (0.65–1.38)

Eye problems

0.86 (0.67–1.09)

0.79 (0.61–1.02)

0.66 (0.45–0.98)

0.71 (0.54–0.94)

0.75 (0.58–0.97)

0.96 (0.58–1.59)

1.72 (0.81–3.65)

1.17 (0.57–2.43)