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. 2016 Mar 28;2:175–181. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.03.001

Table 2.

Population weighted prevalence estimates of overall psychosocial job adversities and each of the sub-domains, by overall disability status and impairment type. Number of observations reporting each adversity, prevalence (%) with 95% confidence intervals, HILDA 2003–2012.

One or more adversities
High demands
Low control
Low security
Unfair pay
N, obs % (95% CI) N, obs % (95% CI) N, obs % (95% CI) N, obs % (95% CI) N, obs % (95% CI)
All people
 No disability 53,142 72.8 (71.9, 73.6) 24,158 33.6 (32.7, 34.6) 16,560 26.1 (25.4, 26.9) 18,873 31.1 (30.2, 31.9) 15,264 24.2 (23.5, 25.0)
 Disability 1007 76.8 (75.6, 77.9) 5054 34.9 (33.2, 36.6) 3329 28.2 (26.1, 30.3) 4448 37.5 (35.9, 39.0) 3443 28.6 (27.2, 29.9)
Impairment type
 Sensory and speech 1929 75.5 (72.4, 78.5) 891 32.4 (28.7, 36.0) 527 26.2 (22.6, 29.8) 783 38.3 (34.6, 42.0) 593 29.2 (24.4, 33.9)
 Physical 5900 77.4 (70.6, 78.8) 2775 36.6 (34.8, 38.4) 1724 27.7 (24.9, 30.5) 2395 38.1 (35.8, 40.4) 1900 30.3 (28.4, 32.2)
 Intellectual 363 86.4 (80.6, 92.2) 190 45.3 (35.2, 55.4) 124 49.8 (38.4, 61.2) 118 40.4 (31.3, 49.5) 78 31.4 (22.9, 39.9)
 Psychological 1391 79.2 (75.6, 82.8) 649 36.6 (32.8, 40.5) 439 33.1 (27.4, 38.7) 572 37.9 (33.7, 42.1) 458 32.3 (28.5, 36.2)