Descriptive characteristics of the subjects included in the analysis
|
Men Number (%) |
Women Number (%) | |
| Population | ||
| Poland (Warsaw) | 173 (11.8) | 161 (11.6) |
| Poland (Tarnobrzeg) | 187 (12.8) | 199 (14.4) |
| Lithuania | 220 (15.1) | 201 (14.5) |
| Czech Republic | 526 (36.0) | 461 (33.3) |
| Hungary | 356 (24.4) | 362 (26.2) |
| Self rated health | ||
| very good | 101 (6.9) | 71 (5.1) |
| good | 666 (45.6) | 541 (39.1) |
| average | 609 (41.7) | 673 (48.6) |
| poor | 84 (5.8) | 94 (6.8) |
| very poor | 2 (0.1) | 5 (0.4) |
| Age | ||
| 20–34 | 233 (15.9) | 218 (15.8) |
| 35–44 | 493 (33.7) | 538 (38.9) |
| 45–54 | 511 (35.0) | 489 (35.3) |
| 55+ | 225 (15.4) | 139 (10.0) |
| Education | ||
| Primary | 169 (11.6) | 221 (16.0) |
| Vocational | 408 (27.9) | 396 (28.6) |
| Secondary | 555 (38.0) | 506 (36.6) |
| University | 330 (22.6) | 261 (18.9) |
| Material deprivation | ||
| Low (0–4.9) | 1069 (73.1) | 926 (66.9) |
| High (5–10) | 393 (26.9) | 458 (33.1) |
| Employment category | ||
| Manager/supervisor | 293 (20.0) | 206 (14.9) |
| Other employee | 779 (53.3) | 774 (55.9) |
| Self employed | 379 (25.9) | 388 (28.0) |
| Not specified | 11 (0.8) | 16 (1.2) |
| Marital status | ||
| Married | 1267 (86.7) | 1085 (78.4) |
| Unmarried | 195 (13.3) | 299 (21.6) |
| Range | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
| Decision authority | ||
| 0 (low), 3 (high) | 2.03 (0.83) | 1.91 (0.88) |
| Job demand | ||
| 0 (low), 3 (high) | 2.32 (0.73) | 2.44 (0.71) |
| Job strain, number (%) | ||
| Low demand-low decision control | 416 (28.5) | 391 (28.3) |
| Low demand-high decision control | 371 (25.4) | 236 (17.1) |
| High demand-low decision control | 296 (20.3) | 395 (28.5) |
| High demand-high decision control | 379 (25.9) | 362 (26.2) |
| Effort | ||
| 1 (low), 2 (high) | 1.23 (0.27) | 1.24 (0.29) |
| Reward | ||
| 1 (low), 2 (high) | 1.16 (0.21) | 1.17 (0.21) |
| Log (E/R ratio) | ||
| −0.69, 0.61 | −0.41 (0.27) | −0.40 (0.29) |
| Support at work | ||
| 0 (low), 3 (high) | 2.05 (0.78) | 2.10 (0.76) |
| Job variety | ||
| 0 (low), 3 (high) | 2.18 (0.69) | 1.99 (0.77) |
| Job control | ||
| 0 (low), 3 (high) | 2.11 (0.65) | 1.95 (0.70) |