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. 2020 Jan 24;17(3):755. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030755

Table 1.

Selected socio-demographic factors and psychosocial working condition among respondents.

Psychosocial Working Conditions
Socio-Demographic Factors Demands Scale Control Scale Social Support Scale Well-Being Scale Desired Changes Scale
M ± SD, Me M ± SD, Me M ± SD, Me M ± SD, Me M ± SD, Me
Age
41–45, n = 203 3.6 ± 0.4, 3.6 2.9 ± 0.4, 2.9 2.7 ± 0.8, 2.8 3.5 ± 0.5, 3.5 3.6 ± 0.6, 3.7
46–50, n = 153 3.5 ± 0.4, 3.6 3.0 ± 0.4, 3.0 2.9 ± 0.7, 2.9 3.4 ± 0.6, 3.4 3.6 ± 0.6, 3.7
51–55, n = 97 3.4 ± 0.4, 3.4 3.0 ± 0.4, 2.9 2.7 ± 0.7, 2.8 3.4 ± 0.6, 3.4 3.5 ± 0.7, 3.5
over 55, n = 62 3.5 ± 0.3, 3.5 2.9 ± 0.4, 2.9 2.7 ± 0.8, 2.8 3.4 ± 0.6, 3.5 3.4 ± 0.7, 3.5
p value 0.005 0.220 0.279 0.354 0.197
Work experience (in years)
up to 15, n = 50 3.5 ± 0.3, 3.6 2.9 ± 0.4, 2.8 2.8 ± 0.7, 2.9 3.5 ± 0.5, 3.4 3.5 ± 0.7, 3.7
16–20, n = 128 3.6 ± 0.4, 3.6 2.9 ± 0.4, 2.9 2.6 ± 0.8, 2.7 3.4 ± 0.5, 3.5 3.7 ± 0.6, 3.7
21–25, n = 345 3.5 ± 0.4, 3.5 3.0 ± 0.4, 2.9 2.8 ± 0.8, 2.9 3.5 ± 0.6, 3.4 3.5 ± 0.6, 3.5
p value 0.001 0.016 0.114 0.876 0.020
Education
Post-secondary, n = 200 3.4 ± 0.3, 3.4 2.9 ± 0.4, 2.9 2.8 ± 0.7, 2.9 3.4 ± 0.6, 3.4 3.5 ± 0.6, 3.5
Bachelor’s degree, n = 187 3.6 ± 0.4, 3.6 2.9 ± 0.4, 2.9 2.8 ± 0.8, 2.9 3.4 ± 0.5, 3.4 3.6 ± 0.7, 3.7
Master’s, n = 136 3.7 ± 0.3, 3.7 3.0 ± 0.5, 3.0 2.7 ± 0.9, 2.7 3.6 ± 0.5, 3.6 3.6 ± 0.7, 3.7
p value 0.000 0.554 0.349 0.020 0.038
Financial situation
Good, n = 188 3.5 ± 0.4, 3.6 3.0 ± 0.5, 3.0 2.9 ± 0.9, 2.9 3.6 ± 0.5, 3.6 3.5 ± 0.7, 3.6
Average, n = 331 3.6 ± 0.4, 3.6 2.9 ± 0.4, 2.9 2.7 ± 0.7, 2.8 3.4 ± 0.5, 3.4 3.6 ± 0.6, 3.6
Bad, n = 14 3.4 ± 0.5, 3.5 2.8 ± 0.4, 2.9 2.4 ± 0.8, 2.4 3.1 ± 0.6, 3.1 3.6 ± 0.6, 3.7
p value 0.363 0.009 0.014 0.000 0.649