Table 1.
Sample description (paired sample, N = 1986)
| Enterprise 1 N (%) | Enterprise 2 N (%) | Enterprise 3 N (%) | Enterprise 4 N (%) | Total N (%) | |
| Sex (***) | |||||
| Men | 131 (23.9) | 206 (42.8) | 200 (68.5) | 529 (79.7) | 1066 (53.7) |
| Women | 418 (76.1) | 275 (47.2) | 92 (31.5) | 135 (20.3) | 920 (46.3) |
| Education (***) | |||||
| Lowest (vocational school or less) | 93 (17.0) | 160 (33.7) | 61 (21.0) | 412 (64.1) | 726 (37.1) |
| Secondary school | 35 (6.4) | 58 (12.2) | 58 (19.9) | 121 (18.8) | 272 (13.9) |
| College | 277 (50.5) | 174 (36.6) | 125 (43.0) | 105 (16.3) | 681 (34.8) |
| Highest (university) | 143 (26.1) | 83 (17.5) | 47 (16.2) | 5 (0.8) | 278 (14.2) |
| Age(***) | |||||
| Mean (standard dev.) | 38.9 (8.14) | 39.1 (8.75) | 39.6 (9.0) | 43.2 (7.2) | 40.5 (8.4) |
| 18–34 yrs | 162 (29.5) | 150 (31.2) | 92 (31.5) | 69 (11.0) | 473 (24.2) |
| 35–49 yrs | 338 (61.6) | 279 (58.0) | 154 (52.7) | 457 (72.7) | 1228 (62.9) |
| 50 and + | 49 (8.9) | 52 (10.8) | 46 (15.8) | 103 (16.4) | 250 (12.8) |
| Effort-reward imbalance (*) | |||||
| T1 no, T2 no | 350 (68.2) | 289 (63.2) | 170 (60.3) | 424 (65.9) | 1233 (65.1) |
| T1 yes, T2 no | 50 (25.5) | 46 (10.1) | 39 (13.8) | 61 (9.5) | 196 (10.3) |
| T1 no, T2 yes | 56 (10.9) | 55 (12.0) | 27 (9.6) | 48 (7.5) | 186 (9.8) |
| T1 yes, T2 yes | 57 (11.1) | 67 (14.7) | 46 (16.3) | 110 (17.1) | 280 (14.8) |
| Overcommitment (high) (**) | 164 (30.1) | 171 (35.9) | 108 (37.2) | 272 (41.1) | 715 (36.3) |
| Health (highest quartiles) | |||||
| Depression (n.s.) | 141 (26.0) | 105 (22.0) | 59 (20.3) | 174 (26.5) | 479 (24.3) |
| Anxiety (*) | 125 (20.3) | 127 (26.6) | 55 (18.9) | 178 (27.1) | 485 (24.6) |
| Somatisation (**) | 149 (27.4) | 131 (27.3) | 55 (18.9) | 194 (29.6) | 529 (26.9) |
| Chronic fatigue | 141 (26.6) | 132 (28.3) | 74 (26.1) | 183 (28.4) | 530 (27.5) |
| Psychotropic drug consumption | 119 (22.8) | 91 (19.6) | 43 (15.5) | 162 (25.6) | 415 (21.9) |
* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001