Mean baseline job control (decision latitude) and job demands for each category of demographic, socioeconomic, and health behaviour characteristics
| Men | Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job control | Job demands | Job control | Job demands | |
| *Significant at p<0.05 level; **significant at p<0.01 level. There are some missing values. | ||||
| Age (y) | ||||
| ≥39–<45 | 67.0 (14.6) | 59.9 (19.5) | 61.5 (16.9) | 56.1 (20.2) |
| ≥45–<50 | 68.9 (14.8) | 61.3 (20.1) | 58.5 (16.8) | 54.2 (20.7) |
| ≥50–<55 | 69.4 (14.8) | 60.5 (19.4) | 56.2 (18.0) | 51.6 (20.9) |
| ≥55–<64 | 68.6 (15.7)** | 59.0 (20.7)** | 53.8 (18.2)** | 49.6 (20.4)** |
| Administrative | 75.5 (10.9) | 66.9 (18.3) | 74.6 (11.4) | 67.9 (18.2) |
| Professional | 66.9 (12.9) | 58.1 (18.8) | 64.1 (14.0) | 58.0 (18.7) |
| Clerical | 46.5 (17.0)** | 44.3 (20.8)** | 47.7 (16.1)** | 44.8 (19.4)** |
| Non-home owner | 55.5 (18.9) | 51.1 (22.1) | 49.8 (17.6) | 46.4 (20.3) |
| Home owner | 69.4 (14.1)** | 60.9 (19.6)** | 59.2 (17.4)** | 54.3 (20.4)** |
| Car owner | 69.8 (14.1) | 61.1 (19.6) | 58.5 (17.4) | 53.3 (20.6) |
| Non-car owner | 60.2 (17.0)** | 55.2 (21.2)** | 54.0 (18.5)** | 51.0 (20.8)** |
| Never smoker | 68.7 (14.7) | 60.6 (19.8) | 57.5 (17.8) | 52.3 (21.0) |
| Former smoker | 69.5 (14.6) | 60.3 (19.7) | 58.7 (17.6) | 53.8 (20.6) |
| Current smoker 1–10 | 64.8 (15.9) | 57.2 (20.2) | 55.8 (18.5) | 53.2 (20.3) |
| Current smoker 11–20 | 64.9 (15.7) | 58.8 (19.9) | 54.7 (17.9) | 50.5 (19.9) |
| Current smoker ≥20 | 66.9 (16.3)** | 62.1 (20.5)** | 56.1 (17.4)** | 54.6 (21.2) |
| Non-drinker | 64.1 (16.8) | 56.0 (20.8) | 53.2 (17.4) | 48.9 (20.6) |
| Below limit | 69.0 (14.6) | 60.8 (19.6) | 58.5 (17.7) | 53.7 (20.5) |
| Above limit | 68.7 (14.3)** | 60.8 (20.2)** | 64.7 (17.7)** | 61.2 (20.6)** |
| <1.5 h exercise/wk | 65.3 (16.6) | 57.9 (21.5) | 55.6 (18.3) | 50.7 (20.9) |
| ≥1.5 h exercise/wk | 69.7 (14.0)** | 61.2 (19.1)** | 58.8 (17.1)** | 54.5 (20.4)** |
| <20 BMI | 64.1 (15.5) | 57.7 (19.1) | 60.6 (17.0) | 56.9 (21.5) |
| 20–24.99 | 68.8 (14.9) | 60.5 (19.8) | 57.7 (17.9) | 52.6 (20.8) |
| 25–29.99 | 68.5 (15.4) | 60.1 (20.2) | 55.9 (17.3) | 51.3 (20.4) |
| ≥30 | 66.2 (16.2)** | 59.1 (20.4) | 55.5 (18.6)** | 53.0 (19.7)** |
| No hypertension | 68.5 (14.9) | 60.4 (19.9) | 57.5 (17.7) | 52.8 (20.8) |
| Hypertension | 67.0 (16.1)* | 57.6 (19.6)** | 54.0 (18.9)** | 50.1 (19.8)* |
| Low job control | – | 51.9 (21.2) | – | 46.8 (19.9) |
| Medium job control | – | 60.3 (18.9) | – | 56.5 (19.8) |
| High job control | – | 65.1 (18.2)** | – | 62.9 (18.4)** |
| Low job demands | 61.8 (17.0) | – | 50.8 (17.5) | – |
| Medium job demands | 69.0 (14.0) | – | 59.8 (16.3) | – |
| High job demands | 72.5 (12.9)** | – | 64.9 (17.0)** | – |
| Low support at work | 64.2 (16.5) | 61.4 (20.6) | 52.8 (18.5) | 53.8 (21.7) |
| Medium support work | 69.3 (13.9) | 60.7 (19.6) | 58.8 (17.1) | 54.1 (19.7) |
| High support at work | 71.5 (13.4)** | 58.4 (19.4)** | 61.0 (16.4)** | 50.1 (20.1)** |