Table 3.
Characteristics in the total study sample and stratified by job requirement level (metric)
| Total study sample n = 3180 (103.6%) n = 3133 (100.0%) |
Unskilled/semi-skilled n = 259 (7.5%) |
Specialist n = 1907 (55.2%) |
Complex specialist n = 653 (18.9%) |
Highly complex n = 637 (18.4%) |
F | p valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICT EXPOSURE | |||||||
|
ICT use (range 0–4) mean (SD) |
1.53 (0.92) | 0.39 (0.58) | 1.29 (0.81) | 1.96 (0.77) | 2.25 (0.68) | 315.56 | < 0.001 |
|
Digital work intensification (range 1–5) mean (SD) |
2.58 (1.20) | 1.69 (1.05) | 2.50 (1.21) | 2.74 (1.15) | 2.82 (1.13) | 37.77 | < 0.001 |
| Outcomes | |||||||
|
Physical health (range 0–100) mean (SD) |
48.16 (9.12) | 44.13 (9.37) | 46.96 (8.98) | 49.76 (8.97) | 51.52 (8.37) | 49.16 | < 0.001 |
|
Mental health (range 0–100) mean (SD) |
51.68 (9.85) | 50.69 (11.41) | 51.65 (9.74) | 52.22 (9.99) | 51.61 (9.34) | 0.64 | n.s |
|
Work ability (range 2–10) mean (SD) |
7.78 (1.54) | 7.25 (1.70) | 7.66 (1.53) | 8.03 (1.47) | 8.05 (1.51) | 18.31 | < 0.001 |
n varies due to nonresponse
aANOVA for comparisons of continuous variables