Table 8.

Psychosocial factors associated with LBP disability among Botswana school teachers

Risk factorsa	Minimal disability	Moderate/severe disability/crippled	Total	P value
	%	%	%
Decision latitude				0.541
Low	19.3	17.5	18.7
High	80.7	82.5	81.3
Psychosocial job demands				0.040
Low	20.3	14.6	18.4
High	79.7	85.4	81.6
Job insecurity				0.010
Low	76.9	68.8	74.2
High	23.1	31.2	25.8
Co-worker support				0.071
Low	17.8	22.9	19.5
High	82.2	77.1	80.5
Supervisor support				0.037
Low	30.3	37.3	32.6
High	69.7	62.7	67.4
Social support				0.128
Low	13.8	17.8	15.2
High	86.2	82.2	84.8
Job dissatisfaction				0.069
Low	42.2	35.8	40.1
High	57.8	64.2	59.9

^aStatistical associations between independent variables and LBP disability were evaluated using chi-squared. Statistically significant differences (p<0.05) are marked in bold.