TABLE 1.
Characteristics of (n = 34 960) participants from the Work Environment and Health in Denmark (WEHD) in 2012, 2014, and 2016
| 8 to <15 hours /week | 32‐40 hours/week | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1889 | 33 071 | ||
| n | % | N | % | |
| Age | ||||
| 18‐24 | 744 | 39 | 1129 | 3 |
| 25‐34 | 294 | 16 | 4347 | 13 |
| 35‐44 | 195 | 10 | 8186 | 25 |
| 45‐54 | 310 | 16 | 11 005 | 33 |
| 55‐64 | 346 | 18 | 8404 | 25 |
| Gender | ||||
| Women | 1155 | 61 | 16 811 | 51 |
| Region | ||||
| North Jutland | 170 | 9 | 3086 | 9 |
| Central Jutland | 408 | 22 | 7491 | 23 |
| Southern Denmark | 411 | 22 | 7112 | 22 |
| Capital | 708 | 37 | 10 939 | 33 |
| Zealand | 192 | 10 | 4443 | 13 |
| Sector | ||||
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 38 | 2 | 347 | 1 |
| Manufacturing, quarrying and supply | 107 | 6 | 4686 | 14 |
| Construction | 73 | 4 | 1331 | 4 |
| Transportation and trading etc | 642 | 34 | 5959 | 18 |
| Information and communication | 58 | 3 | 1399 | 4 |
| Finance and insurance | 32 | 2 | 1398 | 4 |
| Real estate activities | <20 | <1 | 485 | 1 |
| Professional service activities | 201 | 11 | 3156 | 10 |
| Public administration, education & health | 586 | 31 | 12 913 | 39 |
| Culture, recreation and other | 130 | 7 | 1395 | 4 |
| Missing | <20 | <1 | <20 | <1 |
| Job | ||||
| Managers | 31 | 2 | 1992 | 6 |
| Professionals | 309 | 16 | 11 537 | 35 |
| Technicians and associate professionals | 104 | 6 | 5022 | 15 |
| Clerical support workers | 238 | 13 | 3149 | 10 |
| Services and sales workers | 619 | 33 | 3904 | 12 |
| Skilled agricultural, forestry & fishery workers | <20 | <1 | 158 | 0 |
| Craft and related trades workers | 85 | 5 | 2404 | 7 |
| Plant and machine operators & assemblers | 57 | 3 | 1457 | 4 |
| Elementary occupations | 245 | 13 | 1806 | 5 |
| Armed forces occupations | <20 | <1 | 316 | 1 |
| Missing | 174 | 9 | 1326 | 4 |
| Highest attained education | ||||
| Primary | 555 | 29 | 4038 | 12 |
| Secondary | 941 | 50 | 15 943 | 48 |
| Higher | 347 | 18 | 12 722 | 38 |
| Missing | 46 | 2 | 368 | 1 |
| Income | ||||
| Low | 1,403 | 74 | 5516 | 17 |
| Intermediate | 395 | 21 | 17 554 | 53 |
| High | 91 | 5 | 10 001 | 30 |
| Socioeconomic status | ||||
| Self‐employed | <20 | <1 | 51 | 0 |
| Ground level salaried employed | 375 | 20 | 10 271 | 31 |
| Mid‐level salaried employed | 158 | 8 | 8463 | 26 |
| High level salaried employed | 113 | 6 | 9572 | 29 |
| Other salaried employed | 315 | 17 | 4176 | 13 |
| Public income supported | 150 | 8 | 199 | 1 |
| Students | 767 | 41 | 339 | 1 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Partner | 619 | 33 | 20 577 | 62 |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | <20 | <1 |
| Children living at home | ||||
| Yes | 781 | 41 | 17 458 | 53 |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | <20 | <1 |
| Social benefits a | ||||
| Pension | 135 | 7 | 240 | 1 |
| Student | 805 | 43 | 59 | 0 |
| Sickness | 367 | 20 | 613 | 2 |
| Flex | 198 | 10 | 24 | 0 |
| Questionnaire year | ||||
| 2012 | 657 | 35 | 10 884 | 33 |
| 2014 | 563 | 30 | 11 803 | 36 |
| 2016 | 669 | 35 | 10 384 | 31 |
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Individuals can be present in more than one benefit category (pension, student, sickness, flex).