Table 3.
Variability in percent of responses of ‘very often’ and ‘always’ for decision latitude and job demands items by personal characteristics (education, birth country, and language) (NAWS, 2006)
| Scale items | Total | Educational attainment (years) |
Country of birth |
Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size | 409 | 0−6 207 |
7−9 89 |
10+ 113 |
U.S. 96 |
Mexico 294 |
Othera
19 |
English 96 |
Spanish 298 |
Indigenous 15 |
| Decision latitude | ||||||||||
| Having a lot to say on job | 18.81 | 13.24 | 14.77 | 32.14 | 35.79 | 13.79 | 10.53 | 35.79 | 14.29 | 0.00 |
| Job requires high skill | 20.49 | 18.14 | 15.73 | 28.57 | 28.42 | 17.53 | 26.32 | 27.37 | 18.98 | 6.67 |
| Freedom to make decisions | 22.96 | 16.18 | 19.10 | 38.39 | 44.21 | 16.49 | 15.79 | 45.26 | 16.95 | 0.00 |
| Job requires being creative | 15.71 | 10.89 | 10.34 | 28.57 | 28.42 | 11.85 | 10.53 | 29.47 | 11.68 | 6.67 |
| Job demands | ||||||||||
| Job requires working hard | 9.61 | 7.84 | 5.62 | 15.93 | 12.50 | 8.93 | 5.26 | 13.54 | 8.81 | 0.00 |
| Asked to do excessive work | 3.45 | 2.94 | 5.62 | 2.65 | 2.08 | 4.12 | 0.00 | 2.08 | 4.07 | 0.00 |
a
Represents country of birth other than the U.S. or Mexico