Table 3.

Standardised adjusted^a beta estimates for the relationships between psychosocial work exposures and life stress, stratified for men and women. The main model examining the exposures and the additional model of job strain ratio are presented.

Exposure	Women				Men				P-value for diff
	Est	SE	P-value	% indirect/direct	Est	SE	P-value	% indirect/direct
Low job control
Indirect effect	0.000	0.005	0.97	0.00	−0.006	0.004	0.11	17.65	0.23
Direct effect	0.005	0.008	0.52	100.00	−0.028	0.007	<0.001	82.35	0.002
Total effect	0.005	0.010	0.61		−0.034	0.008	<0.001		0.003
Job insecurity
Indirect effect	0.031	0.009	0.001	53.45	0.035	0.012	0.002	26.12	0.78
Direct effect	0.027	0.023	0.24	46.55	0.099	0.022	<0.001	73.88	0.02
Total effect	0.058	0.027	0.03		0.134	0.022	<0.001		0.03
Low co-worker support
Indirect effect	0.035	0.008	<0.001	100.00	0.039	0.008	<0.001	59.09	0.66
Direct effect	0.000	0.015	1.00	0.00	0.027	0.015	0.07	40.91	0.2
Total effect	0.035	0.017	0.04		0.066	0.016	<0.001		0.17
Low supervisor support
Indirect effect	0.028	0.011	0.01	38.89	−0.004	0.011	0.74	12.1	0.04
Direct effect	0.044	0.023	0.05	61.11	0.029	0.025	0.24	87.9	0.65
Total effect	0.072	0.024	0.003		0.025	0.024	0.28		0.17
Job strain ratio
Indirect effect	0.373	0.046	<0.001	67.5	0.364	0.047	<0.001	77.4	0.9
Direct effect	0.180	0.077	0.02	32.5	−0.106	0.075	0.16	22.6	0.008
Total effect	0.553	0.092	<0.001		0.259	0.089	0.004		0.02
Work stress to life stress	0.408	0.028	<0.001		0.432	0.026	<0.001		0.43

^aAdjusted for age, education (grouped), hours of work per week, marital status, presence of dependent children, province of residence, smoking status, alcohol consumption, leisure time physical activity, and chronic conditions