Table 2. Associations between employee and job characteristics, and reporting high-strain, low-strain, active and passive jobs (n = 4,487).
| High-strain job | Low-strain job | Active job | Passive job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent variables | OR1 (OR2) [95% CI3] | OR1 (OR2) [95% CI3] | OR1 (OR2) [95% CI3] | OR1 (OR2) [95% CI3] |
| Age increase in 10 years | 0.90 (0.93) [0.87–1.01] | 1.02 (1.02) [0.96–1.08] | 0.88 (0.84***) [0.78–0.90] | 1.14 (1.14***) [1.07–1.21] |
| Gender | 1.31 (1.36**) [1.13–1.65] | 0.78 (0.77***) [0.67–0.89] | 1.15 (1.36***) [1.15–1.61] | 0.98 (0.85*) [0.74–0.98] |
| Education level | 0.82 (0.84***) [0.76–0.92] | 1.33 (1.28***) [1.18–1.40] | 1.75 (1.60***) [1.45–1.78] | 0.61 (0.67***) [0.62–0.72] |
| Job size | 0.93 (1.24) [1.00–1.54] | 1.16 (0.92) [0.77–1.09] | 1.62 (1.23) [0.99–1.52] | 0.68 (0.86) [0.73–1.02] |
| Job position level | 0.94 (1.10) [0.90–1.35] | 0.99 (0.84*) [0.72–0.98] | 2.66 (2.68***) [2.28–3.14] | 0.39 (0.41***) [0.34–0.49] |
| Working hours | 1.73 (1.69***) [1.41–2.02] | 0.70 (0.73***) [0.62–0.85] | 1.18 (1.42***) [1.19–1.68] | 0.87 (0.75***) [0.65–0.87] |
| Workplace-boundedness | 1.36 (1.24*) [1.01–1.52] | 0.64 (0.72***) [0.62–0.83] | 0.52 (0.72***) [0.61–0.85] | 2.20 (1.67***) [1.42–1.95] |
1Unadjusted odds ratio. 2Adjusted odds ratio. 395% CI interval related to the adjusted odds ratio. Adjustments were made for age (lower is reference), gender (male is reference), education level (lower is reference), job size (less than full time job is reference), job position level (lower position is reference), working hours (ordinary working hours with no work during weekends is reference) and workplace-boundness (no work outside the workplace is reference). Significance values relate to the adjusted analyses.
*p < 0.05
**p < 0.01
***p < 0.001.