Table 6.

Prevalence rates of several work-related outcomes by type and source of social support and by sex.

		Feeling overwhelmed at work (3–5)		Major difficulties to switch off after work (8–10)		Low job satisfaction (0–4)		Intention to turnover (‘inner resignation’)
		%		%		%		%
		m	f	m	f	m	f	m	f
Total study population		17.7	16.4	13.1	11.4	9.6	10.7	13.3	12.9
Support in case of problems at home from
Spouse, partner (19.0%a)	Yes	17.0	15.7	13.7	11.5	8.8	10.1	12.7	13.3
	No	21.1	18.3	11.4	12.2	13.1	14.2	16.5	13.0
Friends, colleagues (8.3%a)	Yes	16.7	15.7	11.7	11.3	9.0	10.5	12.7	12.7
	No	24.2	30.3	23.0	17.6	13.3	16.7	16.6	20.6
Family members, relatives (13.8%a)	Yes	16.1	15.7	12.1	10.4	8.8	10.1	12.4	12.1
	No	24.8	23.4	17.3	22.0	13.1	17.0	17.1	22.8
Supervisor, line manager (53.3%a)	Yes	15.9	13.3	10.0	8.7	4.7	6.0	7.0	7.1
	No	19.3	19.7	15.7	14.5	13.5	15.8	18.4	19.3
Closest colleague at work (42.4%a)	Yes	15.4	15.1	11.3	9.7	6.6	8.4	11.7	10.6
	No	19.8	19.2	15.1	15.4	12.5	16.2	14.8	18.2
Other co-workers (62.1%a)	Yes	15.9	14.9	11.8	10.4	7.7	8.3	11.8	11.0
	No	18.3	17.7	13.8	12.7	10.5	13.2	14.2	14.9
Support in case of problems at work from
Spouse, partner (26.1%a)	Yes	16.9	15.4	14.0	11.6	8.7	10.4	12.3	13.4
	No	19.3	19.2	11.1	11.8	11.8	12.8	16.2	12.6
Friends, colleagues (22.2%a)	Yes	16.2	15.6	12.4	11.1	9.0	10.9	13.1	13.0
	No	20.9	20.5	14.9	13.5	11.0	11.2	13.5	13.5
Family members, relatives (36.7%a)	Yes	15.4	14.8	11.6	10.2	8.7	9.9	12.2	12.5
	No	20.0	20.2	15.3	15.0	10.8	13.2	14.4	14.8
Supervisor, line manager (18.9%a)	Yes	16.2	14.1	10.9	9.1	6.2	7.2	8.6	8.4
	No	23.8	26.8	22.5	20.9	24.4	24.6	33.9	31.3
Closest colleague at work (17.0%a)	Yes	16.2	15.2	11.3	10.1	8.0	9.5	11.9	11.4
	No	23.5	23.0	20.3	20.8	16.1	18.8	19.3	23.0
Other co-workers (40.6%a)	Yes	16.0	14.6	12.5	9.8	9.0	8.8	11.8	10.5
	No	19.5	19.5	14.0	14.5	10.3	14.8	15.5	17.7

Chi-square tests: p≤.05 (bold print)

^aProportion of lack of such support in the entire study population.