Table 1.
Characteristics of working participants HELIUS study, N = 6278
| Demographic | |
|---|---|
| Gender, N (%), | |
| Male | 3154 (50) |
| Female | 3124 (50) |
| Age in years, mean (SD) | 43 (12) |
| Educational level, N (%) | |
| No or elementary | 680 (11) |
| Lower vocational or secondary | 1623 (26) |
| Intermediate vocational or secondary | 1933 (31) |
| Higher vocational or university | 2019 (32) |
| Marital status, N (%) | |
| Married or living together | 3335 (53) |
| Never married | 2091 (33) |
| Divorced or widowed | 818 (13) |
| Occupational level, N (%) | |
| Elementary-low | 2544 (41) |
| Intermediate-academic | 3407 (54) |
| Weekly working hours, N (%) | |
| 12–19 | 555 (9) |
| 20–32 | 1154 (18) |
| >32 | 4569 (73) |
| Irregular working hours, N (%) | |
| No | 4866 (79) |
| Yes | 1314 (21) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Ethnic background, N (%) | |
| Dutch | 1355 (22) |
| African Surinamese | 1290 (21) |
| South-Asian Surinamese | 1121 (18) |
| Turkish | 1090 (17) |
| Ghanaian | 729 (12) |
| Moroccan | 693 (11) |
| Migration generation of non-Dutch origin, N (%) | |
| First | 3801 (77) |
| Second | 1122 (23) |
| Working conditions | |
| Lack of recovery opportunities, N (%) | |
| No | 4288 (70) |
| Yes | 1849 (30) |
| Perceived stress at work, N (%) | |
| Never-sometimes | 4966 (83) |
| Often-always | 1009 (17) |
Percentages may add up to over a 100 % due to round-off differences
N ranged from 5975 to 6278 due to missing values