Table 4. Correlation coefficients (Pearson's moment-product correlation coefficients, point-biserial correlation coefficients and Phi coefficients between all study variables (Bergen Work Addiction Scale (BWAS), gender, age group, marital status, caretaker responsibility for children, percentage of full-time equivalent, education and the five dimensions of the Mini-International Personality Item Pool (Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, Intellect/Imagination)) (N = 1,107–1,124).
Variable | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |
1. | BWAS | .02 | .08* | .10** | −.08* | −.13** | −.03 | .12** | .08** | −.11** | .01 | −.07* | .04 | .09** | .08** | .08** | .07* | −.17** | .26** | .13** |
2. | Gendera | .04 | −.02 | −.04 | .03 | .03 | .03 | .27** | .04 | −.02 | .10** | −.09** | −.02 | −.01 | −.01 | −.30** | −.20** | −.14** | .15** | |
3. | 18–31 years | −.40** | −.37** | −.23** | −.18** | −.20** | −.10** | −.00 | .12** | −.01 | .02 | −.08** | −.08** | .07* | −.03 | −.01 | .05 | .02 | ||
4. | 32–46 years | −.45** | −.28** | .08* | .46** | .11** | −.02 | −.04 | −.10** | .05 | .12** | −.00 | .04 | .03 | −.08** | .03 | .05 | |||
5. | 46–58 years | −.25** | .06* | −.05 | .06* | −.00 | −.06* | .09** | −.06* | −.02 | .08** | −.05 | .03 | .10** | −.05 | −.02 | ||||
6. | 59–70 years | .04 | −.31** | −.10** | .03 | −.02 | .03 | −.01 | −.03 | −.01 | −.08** | −.04 | −.01 | −.04 | −.07* | |||||
7. | Marital statusb | .24** | .07* | −.07* | −.09** | .00 | .06* | .03 | .03 | .01 | .01 | .05 | −.02 | −.01 | ||||||
8. | Childcarec | .11** | .01 | −.06* | −.09** | .08** | .04 | .05 | .04 | .05 | −.04 | .02 | .05 | |||||||
9. | Full-time equivalentd | .08** | −.09** | −.01 | .02 | .12** | .05 | .08** | −.07* | −.01 | −.13** | .07* | ||||||||
10. | Compulsory school | −.10** | −.21** | −.20** | −.12** | −.04 | −.10** | −.06* | −.06* | .05 | −.12** | |||||||||
11. | High school | −.25** | −.24** | −.14** | −.05 | .02 | .04 | .04 | .03 | .02 | ||||||||||
12. | Vocational school | −.48** | −.29** | −.10** | −.04 | −.10** | .02 | .04 | −.12** | |||||||||||
13. | Bachelor's degree | −.28** | −.10** | .06 | .08** | .00 | −.05 | .04 | ||||||||||||
14. | Master's degree | −.06 | .04 | .03 | .00 | −.05 | .13** | |||||||||||||
15. | PhD | −.01 | .04 | −.05 | −.01 | .12** | ||||||||||||||
16. | Extraversion | .35** | .08** | −.08** | .26** | |||||||||||||||
17. | Agreeableness | .17** | .00 | .17** | ||||||||||||||||
18. | Conscientiousness | −.16** | −.06* | |||||||||||||||||
19. | Neuroticism | −.06* | ||||||||||||||||||
20. | Intellect/Imagination | – |
*p<.05,
**p<.01, a) female = 1, male = 2, b) not living with a partner = 1, living with a partner = 2, c) no caretaker responsibility for children = 1, caretaker responsibility for children = 2, d) less than 100% = 1, 100% or more = 2.