Table 1.
Demographic and occupational characteristics, job insecurity, workplace social capital, psychological distress, and quantitative workload among employees who participated in the present study (n=2,971)
| Demographic and occupational characteristics | Mean (SD)† | n (%) |
|---|---|---|
| †SD: standard deviation. ‡JCQ: Job Content Questionnaire. §NBJSQ: New Brief Job Stress Questionnaire. | ||
| Gender | ||
| Men | 2,175 (73.2) | |
| Women | 796 (26.8) | |
| Age | 38.8 (10.9) | |
| 50 years or more | 544 (18.3) | |
| 40-49 years | 875 (29.5) | |
| 30-39 years | 794 (26.7) | |
| 29 years or less | 758 (25.5) | |
| Education | ||
| Graduate school | 332 (11.2) | |
| College | 390 (13.1) | |
| Junior college | 548 (18.4) | |
| High school or junior high school | 1,701 (57.3) | |
| Family size | 3.14 (1.65) | |
| Occupation | ||
| Managerial employee | 279 (9.4) | |
| Non-manual employee | 862 (29.0) | |
| Manual employee | 1,830 (61.6) | |
| Employment status | ||
| Permanent employee | 2,479 (83.4) | |
| Non-permanent employee | 492 (16.6) | |
| Work shift | ||
| Day shift | 2,009 (67.6) | |
| Shift work with night duty | 698 (23.5) | |
| Shift work without night duty | 155 (5.2) | |
| Night shift | 109 (3.7) | |
| Scale scores (range) | Mean (SD)† | n (%) |
| Job insecurity (JCQ)‡ (4-17) | 6.32 (1.81) | |
| Workplace social capital (NBJSQ)§ (3-12) | 8.44 (1.73) | |
| Psychological distress (K6) (0-24) | 5.73 (4.66) | |
| With psychological distress (5-24) | 1,582 (53.2) | |
| Without psychological distress (0-4) | 1,389 (46.8) | |
| Quantitative workload (JCQ)‡ (12-48) | 33.1 (5.33) | |