Table 1.
Correlation matrix with an overview over single measures of work environment and their correlation with each other in a representative sample of Danish workers
| Physical work | Fatiguing work | Lifting and carrying | Job control | Quantitative demands | Work pace | Emotional demands | Social support from colleagues | Social support from supervisors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical work demands | |||||||||
| Spearman r | 1 | 0.37 | −0.68 | −0.19 | −0.25 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | −0.04 |
| p Value | · | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.196 | 0.1089 | 0.6939 | 0.0004 |
| Fatiguing work | |||||||||
| Spearman r | · | 1 | −0.34 | −0.22 | −0.01 | 0.17 | 0.06 | −0.13 | −0.15 |
| p Value | · | · | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.2515 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
| Lifting and carrying | |||||||||
| Spearman r | · | · | 1 | 0.18 | 0.16 | −0.04 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 |
| p Value | · | · | · | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.0005 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
| Job control | |||||||||
| Spearman r | · | · | · | 1 | 0.09 | −0.07 | 0.09 | 0.20 | 0.30 |
| p Value | · | · | · | · | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
| Quantitative demands | |||||||||
| Spearman r | · | · | · | · | 1 | 0.33 | 0.20 | −0.16 | −0.17 |
| p Value | · | · | · | · | · | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
| Work pace | |||||||||
| Spearman r | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 0.15 | −0.11 | −0.14 |
| p Value | · | · | · | · | · | · | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
| Emotional demands | |||||||||
| Spearman r | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 0.01 | −0.03 |
| p Value | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 0.4414 | 0.0041 |
| Social Support from colleagues | |||||||||
| Spearman r | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 0.55 |
| p Value | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | <0.0001 |
| Social support from supervisor | |||||||||
| Spearman r | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| p Value | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
p Value=level of significance.