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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2010 Apr 28;71(2):298–304. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.03.043

Table 5.

Differences in work stress (mean and standard deviation) (upper part) and in lack of autonomy (lower part) by experiment/country*

Diabetes Study CHD Study

Work Stress Germany UK US US Only p-value*
Mean (Overall Scale)
± Standard Deviation
2.82
± 0.63
2.08
± 0.46
2.53
± 0.77
2.30
± 0.74
< 0.01

Autonomy
Administrative
(Mean ± Standard
Deviation)
2.35
± 0.57
2.66
± 0.50
2.54
± 0.61
2.54
± 0.61
< 0.01

Clinical
(Mean ± Standard
Deviation)
1.96
± 0.32
2.36
± 0.29
2.22
± 0.38
2.10
± 0.41
< 0.01
*

P-value from F-test (ANOVA) for experiment/country differences