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. 2016 Feb 29;16:192. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-2881-8

Table 4.

Occupational characteristics and WPC among women

WPC n(%)
Mean (SD) of WPC n Very low (<20 %) Low (20–39 %) Moderate (40–59 %) High (60–79 %) Very high (>=80 %)
Form of Employment
Full-time 41 (28) 919 236 (25.7) 203 (22.1) 209 (22.7) 173 (18.8) 98 (10.7)
Part-time 27 (24) 734 326 (44.4) 184 (25.1) 114 (15.5) 90 (12.3) 20 (2.7)
Time spent at work
<40 [h/week] 31 (27) 1226 468 (38.2) 301 (24.6) 210 (17.1) 183 (14.9) 64 (5.2)
40+ [h/week] 44 (28) 405 89 (22.0) 80 (19.8) 108 (26.7) 76 (18.8) 52 (12.8)
Night shift
No 33 (27) 1508 542 (35.9) 358 (23.7) 283 (18.8) 228 (15.1) 97 (6.4)
Yes 51 (26) 128 15 (11.7) 24 (18.8) 38 (29.7) 30 (23.4) 21 (16.4)
Night Work
0–6 [days/month] 34 (27) 1603 554 (34.6) 374 (23.3) 314 (19.6) 251 (15.7) 110 (6.9)
7+ [days/month] 54 (27) 33 3 (9.1) 8 (24.2) 7 (21.2) 7 (21.2) 8 (24.2)
Job complexity level
Low 27 (30) 82 41 (50.0) 16 (19.5) 10 (12.2) 8 (9.8) 7 (8.5)
Medium 30 (26) 861 357 (41.5) 200 (23.2) 154 (17.9) 103 (12.0) 47 (5.5)
Complex 39 (28) 303 84 (27.7) 65 (21.5) 66 (21.8) 64 (21.1) 24 (7.9)
Very complex 43 (26) 390 75 (19.2) 101 (25.9) 91 (23.3) 83 (21.3) 40 (10.3)
Management
No 33 (27) 1506 536 (35.6) 358 (23.8) 289 (19.2) 223 (14.8) 100 (6.6)
Yes 47 (27) 147 26 (17.7) 29 (19.7) 34 (23.1) 40 (27.2) 18 (12.2)
Position
Worker 26 (30) 52 27 (51.9) 10 (19.2) 7 (13.5) 3 (5.8) 5 (9.6)
Employee 33 (27) 1254 450 (35.9) 294 (23.4) 235 (18.7) 195 (15.6) 80 (6.4)
Government officials, judges, military employees 43 (26) 135 25 (18.5) 34 (25.2) 35 (25.9) 29 (21.5) 12 (8.9)
Self-employed/cooperative agriculturalist 49 (26) 10 2 (20.0) 1 (10.0) 2 (20.0) 4 (40.0) 1 (10.0)
Self-employed in trade, commerce, craftwork, industry, service (also freelancers) 37 (28) 149 45 (30.2) 36 (24.2) 30 (20.1) 25 (16.8) 13 (8.7)
Academic self-employed profession (physician, attorney, tax consultant) 43 (28) 43 10 (23.3) 11 (25.6) 10 (23.3) 6 (14.0) 6 (14.0)
Student/trainee 55 (18) 3 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (66.7) 1 (33.3) 0 (0.0)
Caretaker for relatives 41 (41) 4 1 (25.0) 1 (25.0) 1 (25.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (25.0)