Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of workers by gender and birth year cohort in 1990 (n=16, 950)
| Women | Men | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Total |
1953 |
1948 |
1943 |
1938 |
Total |
1953 |
1948 |
1943 |
1938 |
| N |
7163 |
1924 |
1893 |
1976 |
1370 |
9787 |
2639 |
2768 |
2665 |
1715 |
| % |
42.3 |
42.1 |
40.6 |
42.7 |
44.4 |
57.7 |
57.8 |
59.3 |
57.4 |
55.8 |
| Non-managers (%) |
77.5 |
76.7 |
77.1 |
76.9 |
80.5 |
64.3 |
68.1 |
64.2 |
60.7 |
64.6 |
|
Physical factors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Awkward work (%) |
54.1 |
48.8 |
52.9 |
54.8 |
61.7 |
76.5 |
75.9 |
75.3 |
76.3 |
79.7 |
| 1 factor |
21.6 |
20.9 |
21.1 |
21.8 |
23.5 |
20.6 |
21.1 |
20.3 |
21 |
19.9 |
| 2 factors |
17.2 |
15.2 |
16.9 |
17.9 |
19.6 |
21.3 |
20.8 |
21.3 |
20.7 |
23 |
| > 2 factors |
15.3 |
12.7 |
14.9 |
15.1 |
18.6 |
34.6 |
34 |
33.7 |
34.6 |
36.8 |
| Precision work (%) |
42.8 |
40.1 |
42.5 |
41.7 |
46.3 |
47.4 |
46.1 |
47.8 |
48.4 |
46.6 |
| Repetitive work (%) |
21.7 |
20.8 |
22.7 |
22.4 |
20.7 |
17.8 |
18.8 |
18.2 |
17 |
16.9 |
| Non-standard hours (%) |
43.9 |
35 |
43.7 |
46.5 |
53 |
78.2 |
71.1 |
77.9 |
81 |
85.8 |
|
Psychosocial factors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| High latitude (%) |
77.5 |
78.4 |
78.7 |
78.1 |
74 |
86.5 |
92 |
86.2 |
85.7 |
80.3 |
| High pressure (%) |
56.6 |
59.2 |
56.1 |
57.2 |
52.9 |
55.6 |
54.7 |
57.1 |
57.5 |
51.8 |
| Means for quality (%) | 75.6 | 73.7 | 75.6 | 76 | 77.5 | 78.8 | 76.7 | 78.2 | 80.2 | 80.8 |
Birth year cohort with participants born in 1953, 1948, 1943, 1938.