Table 4.

Logistic univariate relationship between mental health and personal, work organization, and psychosocial work environment variables among female cleaners in Norway in 1999

	HSCL≥1.75
Risk factors	N	OR	95% CI
Age (p = 0.6)	340
≤30 (ref.)		1.0	-
31–39		0.9	0.4 – 2.5
40–49		1.1	0.5 – 2.6
50–59		1.6	0.7 – 4.0
60+		0.8	0.2 – 3.2
Work experience (years) (p = 0.8)	350
0–4 (ref.)		1.0
5–14		1.2	0.6 – 2.4
15+		1.1	0.5 – 2.3
Working time (p = 0.3)	354
Full time (ref.)		1.0
Part time		1.5	0.7 – 3.1
Family status (p = 0.2)	354
Single (ref.)		1.0
Not single (married/cohabitating)		0.7	0.4 – 1.3
Ethnicity (p < 0.01)	351
Ethnic Norwegian (ref.)		1.0
Not ethnic Norwegian		2.8	1.4 – 5.5
Psychosocial risk factors (from factor analysis):
Satisfaction with leadership (model p < 0.001)	354
Good (ref.)		1.0
Fair		2.6	1.2 – 5.8
Poor		3.8	1.8 – 8.1
Satisfaction with co-workers (model p = 0.01)	354
Good (ref.)		1.0
Fair		0.7	0.4 – 1.6
Poor		2.0	1.1 – 3.9
Satisfaction with time pressure/control (model p = 0.3)	354
Good (ref.)		1.0
Fair		0.8	0.4 – 1.6
Poor		1.3	0.6 – 2.6
Satisfaction with information/knowledge (model p = 0.01)	354
Good (ref.)		1.0
Fair		0.3	0.2 – 0.7
Poor		0.8	0.4 – 1.5
Work organisational risk factors:
Working alone/in a pair/in a team (model p = 0.3)	344
Working alone (ref.)		1.0
Working in a pair		0.8	0.3 – 1.8
Working in a team		0.4	0.1 – 1.4
Contact with colleagues at the workplace (model p = 0.02)	352
Every day (ref.)		1.0
Every week/min once a month		2.5	1.3 – 4.8
More seldom/never		1.9	1.0 – 3.7
Contact with manager at the workplace (model p = 0.6)	351
Every day (ref.)		1.0
Every week/min once a month		1.5	0.6 – 3.6
More seldom/never		1.6	0.6 – 4.1