Psychosocial work characteristics and social relations in relation to occupational status in 1995
| Men (n=9631) | Women (n=3595) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Managers (n=1666) | Engineers (n=2177) | Administrative associate professionals (n=1204) | Foremen/ Technicians (n=3535) | Clerks (n=269) | Workers (n=746) | p | Managers Engineers (n=431) | Administrative associate professionals (n=2058) | Foremen/Technicians (n=372) | Clerks (n=694) | p | |
| ***<0.001; **<0.01. | ||||||||||||
| Decision latitude (%) | *** | *** | ||||||||||
| High | 85.2 | 82.6 | 67.8 | 60.3 | 27.8 | 32.7 | 80.5 | 48.5 | 46.5 | 24.8 | ||
| Low | 14.8 | 17.4 | 32.2 | 39.7 | 72.2 | 67.3 | 19.5 | 51.5 | 53.5 | 75.2 | ||
| Psychological demands (%) | *** | *** | ||||||||||
| Low | 48.0 | 47.2 | 54.7 | 60.8 | 58.4 | 67.8 | 40.3 | 58.9 | 70.2 | 58.4 | ||
| High | 52.0 | 52.8 | 45.3 | 39.2 | 41.6 | 32.2 | 59.7 | 41.1 | 29.8 | 41.6 | ||
| Social support at work (%) | *** | *** | ||||||||||
| High | 64.4 | 68.2 | 60.8 | 66.9 | 50.8 | 61.9 | 47.5 | 47.2 | 51.0 | 38.2 | ||
| Low | 35.6 | 31.8 | 39.2 | 33.1 | 49.2 | 38.1 | 52.5 | 52.8 | 49.0 | 61.9 | ||
| Social networks (%) | *** | NS | ||||||||||
| Extended | 26.2 | 27.8 | 39.8 | 34.9 | 42.4 | 38.1 | 18.7 | 16.8 | 21.3 | 16.5 | ||
| Fair | 40.5 | 40.7 | 39.4 | 40.7 | 31.4 | 40.2 | 32.8 | 37.9 | 35.2 | 37.6 | ||
| Average | 29.9 | 28.4 | 17.4 | 21.3 | 20.9 | 17.9 | 31.1 | 32.4 | 30.3 | 31.2 | ||
| Weak | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 17.4 | 12.9 | 13.2 | 14.7 | ||
| Personal social support (%) | *** | NS | ||||||||||
| High | 52.2 | 49.1 | 44.6 | 45.1 | 48.6 | 44.9 | 37.5 | 42.2 | 45.7 | 38.2 | ||
| Low | 47.8 | 50.9 | 55.4 | 54.9 | 51.4 | 55.1 | 62.5 | 57.8 | 54.4 | 61.8 | ||
| Social relations satisfaction (%) | ** | NS | ||||||||||
| Good | 54.5 | 55.2 | 50.2 | 50.8 | 46.5 | 52.0 | 42.1 | 38.6 | 37.9 | 35.6 | ||
| Poor | 45.5 | 44.8 | 49.8 | 49.2 | 53.5 | 48.0 | 57.9 | 61.4 | 62.1 | 64.4 | ||