Table 1.
Baseline participants’ characteristics by job strain and caregiving status
| Job Strain | p a | Caregiving | p a | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YES | none | ≤ 4 hours/wk | > 4 hours/wk | |||||
| ALL participants | 5725 (82%) | 1282 (18%) | 6261 (89%) | 401 (6%) | 345 (5%) | ||||
| Caregiving | no caregiving | 5140 (82%) | 1121 (18%) | .018 | |||||
| ≤ 4 hours/wk | 322 (80%) | 79 (20%) | |||||||
| > 4 hours/wk | 263 (76%) | 82 (24%) | |||||||
| Baseline age (SD) | 49.0 (5.8) | 48.7 (5.6) | .098 | 48.7(5.8) | 50.1 (5.5) | 50.8 (5.4) | <.001 | ||
| Gender | Men | 4050(83%) | 837(17%) | <.001 | 4425 (91%) | 291 (6%) | 171 (4%) | <.001 | |
| Women | 1675 (79%) | 445(21%) | 1836 (87%) | 110 (5%) | 174 (8%) | ||||
| Marital status | Married/Cohabiting | 4472 (83%) | 906(17%) | <.001 | 4843 (90%) | 320 (6%) | 215 (4%) | <.001 | |
| Single | 1252 (77%) | 376 (23%) | 1418 (87%) | 81 (5%) | 130 (8%) | ||||
| Social class | Administrative | 2332 (86%) | 366 (14%) | <.001 | 2435 (90%) | 176 (7%) | 87 (3%) | <.001 | |
| Professional/Executive | 2484 (78%) | 706 (22%) | 2832 (89%) | 181 (6%) | 177 (6%) | ||||
| Clerical/Support | 909 (81%) | 210 (19%) | 994 (89%) | 44 (4%) | 81 (7%) | ||||
| Baseline illness | No | 3933 (83%) | 813 (17%) | <.001 | 4264 (90%) | 253 (5%) | 229 (5%) | .098 | |
| Yes | 1792 (79%) | 469 (21%) | 1997 (88%) | 148 (7%) | 116 (5%) | ||||
a
Two-tailed chi-square test.