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. 2021 Jun 29;47(5):335–348. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3955

Table 3.

Descriptives: lowest and highest means and standard deviations (SD) among the ten data points, 1997–2015, based on the aggregated (occupational level) dataset. Interclass correlation (ICC) (1,1) for 1997 and 2015 based on individual-level data with occupation.

Domain Dimension Mean SD ICC



Min Max Min Max 1997 2015
Job resources
Influence Decision authority; pace 4.14 4.32 0.62 0.71 0.12 0.12
Decision authority; when 2.51 2.63 0.38 0.45 0.18 0.20
Decision authority; what, how 2.87 2.95 0.37 0.41 0.17 0.16
Unbound and free 3.42 3.48 0.38 0.44 0.11 0.10
Social support Social support from colleagues 3.03 3.10 0.20 0.31 0.06 0.05
Appreciation 2.85 3.02 0.36 0.41 0.08 0.05
Recovery Pause opportunities a 3.99 4.17 0.66 0.79 0.14 0.14
Meaningfulness Meaningfulness 3.87 3.95 0.37 0.43 0.15 0.08
Job demands
Cognitive Difficulty of work tasks 3.01 3.11 0.16 0.19 0.06 0.02
Monotony 3.44 3.58 0.54 0.63 0.21 0.15
Concentration 4.88 5.01 0.35 0.44 0.07 0.06
Psychological pressure a 2.68 2.94 0.33 0.39 0.13 0.07
Quantitative Workload 2.22 2.45 0.21 0.28 0.07 0.05
Work-leisure spillover 3.41 3.63 0.49 0.60 0.16 0.11
Time pressure a 3.93 4.12 0.38 0.51 0.08 0.05
Overtime a 3.74 3.95 0.44 0.54 0.16 0.13
Emotional Emotionally demanding contacts 4.15 4.28 0.86 0.90 0.39 0.35
Violence and threats 6.75 6.79 0.31 0.41 0.16 0.17
Physical Work postures 2.93 3.12 0.49 0.60 0.23 0.21
Bend and twist 3.30 3.71 0.81 0.91 0.19 0.22
Physical workload a 3.41 3.49 0.77 0.83 0.36 0.34
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The time-series was disrupted in 2013 due to rewording of the SWES (2015), resulting in a shortened time series (1997–2013).