| Variables | Men (n = 2342) | p Value* | Women (n = 1872) | p Value* | ||||
| Catalonia (n = 1696) | Rest of Spain (n = 565) | Foreigners (n = 81) | Catalonia (n = 1410) | Rest of Spain (n = 381) | Foreigners (n = 81) | |||
| Column %† | Column %† | Column %† | Column %† | Column %† | Column %† | |||
| Poor perceived health | 8.8 | 15.0 | 18.5 | <0.001 | 10.6 | 27.0 | 16.0 | <0.001 |
| Age (median) | 36 | 49 | 39 | <0.001 | 35 | 47 | 39 | <0.001 |
| Marital status | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Single | 42.0 | 11.9 | 19.8 | 40.6 | 14.4 | 29.6 | ||
| Married | 55.4 | 85.8 | 74.1 | 51.4 | 69.0 | 49.4 | ||
| Previously married | 2.5 | 2.3 | 6.2 | 7.7 | 16.0 | 19.8 | ||
| Social class | <0.05 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Capitalist | 2.1 | 1.9 | – | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.2 | ||
| Small employers | 7.5 | 8.7 | 12.3 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 7.4 | ||
| Petite bourgeoisie | 7.3 | 10.6 | 14.8 | 5.2 | 8.4 | 7.4 | ||
| Managers experts | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 2.5 | ||
| Managers semi-skilled | 1.4 | 0.9 | 3.7 | 0.4 | – | – | ||
| Managers unskilled | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Supervisors experts | 5.0 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 1.2 | ||
| Supervisors semi-skilled | 5.9 | 5.8 | 11.1 | 2.9 | 2.6 | – | ||
| Supervisors unskilled | 5.2 | 5.3 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.7 | ||
| Workers experts | 9.8 | 5.0 | 12.3 | 9.8 | 4.7 | 3.7 | ||
| Semi-skilled workers | 21.9 | 21.6 | 14.8 | 21.8 | 12.6 | 24.7 | ||
| Unskilled workers | 31.0 | 33.1 | 27.2 | 43.8 | 58.3 | 48.1 | ||
| Work organisation | ||||||||
| Employment arrangement | ||||||||
| Type of contract | <0.001 | <0.05 | ||||||
| Temporary or no contract | 20.8 | 6.9 | 18.5 | 27.4 | 24.1 | 40.7 | ||
| Other | 79.2 | 93.1 | 81.5 | 72.6 | 75.9 | 59.3 | ||
| Hours working each week (median) | 40 | 40 | 40 | NS | 40 | 40 | 40 | NS |
| Job insecurity | <0.001 | NS | ||||||
| High | 13.0 | 8.0 | 22.2 | 17.0 | 12.1 | 17.3 | ||
| Low | 87.0 | 92.0 | 77.8 | 83.0 | 87.9 | 82.7 | ||
| Physical hazard | <0.001 | <0.05 | ||||||
| Yes | 38.3 | 49.4 | 33.3 | 32.9 | 43.3 | 38.3 | ||
| No | 59.8 | 48.8 | 65.4 | 65.3 | 55.4 | 60.5 | ||
| Psychosocial hazard | NS | <0.001 | ||||||
| Yes | 39.0 | 44.8 | 40.7 | 40.9 | 53.5 | 53.1 | ||
| No | 59.1 | 53.6 | 59.3 | 57.4 | 45.4 | 44.4 | ||
| Material deprivation at home | <0.05 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Yes | 44.0 | 51.2 | 54.3 | 40.8 | 57.7 | 54.3 | ||
| No | 56.0 | 48.8 | 45.7 | 59.2 | 42.3 | 45.7 | ||
| Household labour | ||||||||
| Hours household labour each week (median) | 6 | 6 | 7 | NS | 14 | 21 | 16.5 | <0.001 |
| Working alone | NS | <0.001 | ||||||
| Yes | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 33.2 | 55.9 | 33.3 | ||
| No | 95.1 | 95.8 | 95.1 | 66.7 | 44.1 | 66.7 | ||
| Children, elderly or disabled at home | <0.001 | NS | ||||||
| Yes | 32.8 | 39.6 | 51.9 | 33.0 | 33.1 | 40.7 | ||
| No | 67.2 | 60.4 | 48.1 | 67.0 | 66.9 | 59.3 | ||
NS, not statistically significant.
*p Value of comparing categories of migration status.
†Percentages may not sum to 100 because of missing values.
Working men and women, aged 16–64 years old, Barcelona 2000.