Table 3.
Estimates (expressed as means or percentages with 95% CI) for workplace psychosocial stressors for Caucasian Australian a and migrants workers from six countries a and refugee workers b.
| Workplace Psychosocial Stressors | Caucasian Australia | New Zealand | India | Philippines | Vietnam | China | Arabic Speaking | Refugee Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complexity 1 scale Mean [95% CI] |
16.9 [16.7,17.1] | 17.5 [17.2,17.8] | 17.4 [17.2,17.7] | 17.5 [17.1,17.8] | 11.8 [11.1,12.4] | 10.9 [10.3,11.4] | 11.3 [10.7,11.8] | 12.32 [10.5,14.1] |
| Control 1 scale Mean [95% CI] |
13.7 [13.5,14] | 14.0 [13.6,14.3] | 13.9 [13.6,14.3] | 13.9 [13.5,14.3] | 12.9 [12.3,13.4] | 9.2 [8.5,9.8] | 10.8 [10.2,11.4] | 10.5 [6.9,14.1] |
| Security 1 scale Mean [95% CI] |
16.3 [16,16.5] | 16.1 [15.8,16.4] | 15.2 [14.9,15.5] | 16.0 [15.7,16.4] | 12.0 [11.5,12.5] | 10.8 [10.5,11.2] | 11.5 [11,11.9] | 9.5 [7.6,11.3] |
| Job quality 1 Mean [95% CI] |
52.4 [51.6,53.1] | 53.2 [52.2,54.2] | 52.2 [51.3,53.1] | 52.8 [51.9,53.7] | 38.5 [35.8,41.2] | 38.3 [36.2,40.4] | 36.0 [33.9,38.0] | 35.8 [30.2,41.4] |
| Unfair pay % [95% CI] |
35.3 [31.3,39.7] | 29.3 [24.4,34.6] | 30.6 [25.7,36.0] | 24.5 [20.1,29.5] | 22.3 [15.1,31.6] | 29.0 [19.0,41.6] | 26.8 [19.2,36.2] | 35.5 [28.5, 42.5] |
| Bullied 2 % [95% CI] |
9.5 [7.1,12.6] | 11.5 [8.5,15.4] | 11.5 [8.0,16.4] | 10.5 [7.7,14.2] | 13.7 [6.6,26.3] | 16.3 [8.8,28.0] | 10.2 [5.8,17.3] | 20.1 [4.8, 35.2] |
| Discriminated in last year % [95% CI] |
1.9 [0.9,3.7] | 8.0 [5.2,12.2] | 20.7 [16.1,26.4] | 15.7 [12.2,20.0] | 25.3 [16.5,36.8] | 24.8 [16.5,35.5] | 31.5 [22.5,42.1] | 23.3 [7.3,39.4] |
| Three or more psychosocial stressors % [95% CI] | 10.9 [8.5,14.1] | 12.5 [9.0,17.1] | 13.6 [10.0,18.3] | 11.0 [8.0,14.8] | 9.5 [4.2,20.2] | 13.7 [6.9,25.4] | 8.1 [4.6,13.8] | 30.0 [12.6, 47.4] |
a Migrants of Vietnamese, Chinese, or Arabic speaking ancestry and workers born in India, New Zealand, and the Philippines b Migrants who entered Australia on humanitarian grounds. 1 Higher scores reflect higher job complexity, control, security, and overall job quality. Job quality is the sum of the scores from complexity (range 0–24), control (range 0–18), security (range 0–18), and unfair pay (range 0 = 6) for a total job quality score with a range of 0–66. 2 Humanitarian migrants were asked if they had ever been bullied, whereas the other migrant groups were asked within the last 6 months.