Table 1.
Prevalence of adverse working conditions and distribution of occupational class among women and men consenting to data linkage (=Included, n = 6525) and not consenting (=Excluded, n = 2354)
| |
Women Included n |
|
|
Men Included n |
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % among those included | % among those excluded | % among those included | % among those excluded | |||
| 1) Work arrangements: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Shift work |
5083 |
16 |
17 |
1394 |
22 |
24 |
| Temporary work contract |
5049 |
12 |
10 |
1386 |
8 |
9 |
| Working overtime |
5049 |
13 |
12 |
1384 |
22 |
21 |
| 2) Physical working conditions: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Hazardous exposures |
4170 |
22 |
25 |
1230 |
32 |
37 |
| Physical workload |
4170 |
28 |
31 |
1230 |
11 |
17 |
| Computer work |
4170 |
25 |
25 |
1230 |
25 |
18 |
| 3) Psychosocial working conditions: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Low job control |
4967 |
21 |
25 |
1373 |
24 |
24 |
| High job demands |
4805 |
23 |
23 |
1357 |
20 |
19 |
| Low social support |
5122 |
34 |
26 |
1402 |
32 |
24 |
| 4) Occupational class: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Managers and professionals |
1462 |
29* |
23* |
625 |
45* |
37* |
| Semi-professionals |
986 |
19 |
17 |
281 |
20 |
16 |
| Routine non-manual workers |
2105 |
42 |
45 |
132 |
9 |
13 |
| Manual workers | 561 | 11 | 15 | 364 | 26 | 33 |
*Column percentages.