Table 2.
Distribution of work-related factors by occupational class, stratified by gender.
| Work-related factors | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part-time worka | Years in current occupationb | High physical demandsc | High job demandsd | Low job controle | ||||||
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| Occupational class | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| p < 0.001* | p < 0.001* | p < 0.001* | p = 0.001* | p < 0.001* | p < 0.001* | p < 0.001* | p < 0.001* | p < 0.001* | p < 0.001* | |
| Administrators and professionals | (6.3) | (35.0) | (58.9) | (47.5) | (7.9) | (10.6) | (47.9) | (45.1) | (19.6) | (22.0) |
| Routine non-manual workers | (13.5) | (50.8) | (52.6) | (46.3) | (12.0) | (18.4) | (39.9) | (34.9) | (37.6) | (49.4) |
| Skilled manual workers | (17.7) | (73.6) | (71.8) | (48.3) | (51.5) | (59.4) | (29.9) | (32.1) | (46.3) | (62.3) |
| Unskilled manual workers | (15.8) | (69.7) | (71.4) | (35.8) | (58.3) | (46.0) | (35.3) | (30.1) | (62.8) | (80.7) |
* χ2 for differences between groups
a Less than 37 hours per week
b More than 14 years (mean) in current occupation
c Walking/lifting and heavy manual work
d Highest tertile of mean scores in tertiles, on demand sub-scale
e Highest tertile of mean score in tertiles, on control sub-scale