Table 2.

Cross tabulation of Basic characteristics of study population and exposure variables.

Characteristics of the Study Population	n = 1466 a	Work Ability (1466) b				Satisfaction in Working Life (n = 1413) b,c
		Good/Excellent (n = 590) %	Mode-Rate (n = 503) %	Poor (n = 363) %	p-Value d	High (n = 466) %	Mode-Rate (n = 498) %	Decreasing (n = 325) %	Low (n = 124) %	p-Value d
Gender
Women	587	42	31	27	0.082	35	38	21	6	0.009
Men	879	39	37	24		32	33	24	11
Age (years)
51–53	327	47	34	19	0.053	31	36	24	9	0.001
54–56	435	40	33	27		32	31	26	11
57–59	397	36	37	27		31	37	25	7
≥60	293	40	35	25		39	40	13	8
Occupational Class
White-Collar	188	63	24	13	<0.001	38	50	6	6	<0.001
Blue-Collar	1264	37	36	27		32	33	26	9
Job Support
High	668	55	32	13	<0.001	42	42	9	7	<0.001
Low	786	28	37	35		25	29	35	11
Job Control
High	659	54	30	16	<0.001	43	41	11	6	<0.001
Low	797	30	38	32		25	31	33	11
Perceived Health
Good	469	82	15	3	<0.001	44	38	10	8	<0.001
Moderate	684	28	55	17		31	40	21	8
Poor	302	4	18	78		19	21	48	12
Working hrs/ week
3–35	187	31	28	41	<0.001	27	32	24	16	0.004
36–40	1066	42	36	22		34	36	22	8
>40	129	43	35	22		29	36	28	7
Work stress
Low	884	45	32	23	<0.001	37	35	18	10	<0.001
Moderate	432	35	39	26		29	38	27	6
High	141	27	35	38		19	26	44	11

Notes: ^a Column total is not equal to N in some variables; ^b row percentage; ^c n = 1413 due to selection for developmental pathways; ^d χ²-test.