Table 1.

Person-related, Work-related, and Health-related Variables of German Primary/Secondary School Teachers (n = 906) and Other Teachers (n = 641)

		Primary/Secondary school teachers		Other teachers
		n	%	n	%	p
Person-related variables
Demographic variables
Sex	Male	251	27.7	314	49.0	<.001
	Female	655	72.3	327	51.0
Age	< 37 years	165	18.4	165	25.9	.002
	37–50 years	308	34.3	198	31.0
	> 50 years	426	47.4	275	43.1
Work-related variables
Occupational variables
Organizational tenure	< 5 years	151	16.8	189	29.5	<.001
	5–14 years	276	30.7	217	33.9
	> 14 years	473	52.6	234	36.6
Job tenure	< 4 years	190	21.2	210	33.1	<.001
	4–10 years	266	29.6	192	30.2
	> 10 years	442	49.2	233	36.7
Leadership position	No	732	80.9	430	67.2	<.001
	Yes	173	19.1	210	32.8
Employment contract	Permanent	869	95.9	463	72.2	<.001
	Temporary	37	4.1	178	27.8
Weekly working hours	< 21 h	82	9.1	81	12.6	.015
	21–34 h	170	18.8	89	13.9
	35–41 h	309	34.1	232	36.2
	> 41 h	345	38.1	239	37.3
Working on weekends	No	479	53.0	376	58.9	.021
	Yes	425	47.0	262	41.1
Telework	No	100	11.1	114	17.8	<.001
	Yes	804	88.9	525	82.2
Overload demands
Deadline/Performance pressure	low	375	41.4	345	53.9	<.001
	high	531	58.6	295	46.1
Working very fast	low	695	77.1	524	82.0	.021
	high	206	22.9	115	18.0
Prescribed performance standards	low	628	69.6	493	77.2	.001
	high	274	30.4	146	22.8
Cognitive demands
Multitasking	low	149	16.4	207	32.3	<.001
	high	757	83.6	434	67.7
Work interruptions	low	504	55.7	413	64.4	<.001
	high	401	44.3	228	35.6
Emotional demands
Emotional demands	low	631	69.6	563	87.8	<.001
	high	275	30.4	78	12.2
Contextual resources
Colleague support	low	164	18.2	128	20.0	.371
	high	739	81.8	513	80.0
Supervisor support	low	390	43.7	266	42.8	.746
	high	503	56.3	355	57.2
Rewards (Supervisor)	low	624	69.6	419	67.7	.439
	high	273	30.4	200	32.3
Physical demands
Noise	low	416	46.0	565	88.1	<.001
	high	489	54.0	76	11.9
Distracting noise	low	548	60.6	559	87.2	<.001
	high	357	39.4	82	12.8
Health-related variables
Mental health
Sleep disturbances	No	558	61.7	460	71.8	<.001
	Yes	346	38.3	181	28.2
Exhaustion	No	293	32.5	304	47.4	<.001
	1 symptom	161	17.9	103	16.1
	> 1 symptom	447	49.6	234	36.5
Psychosomatic complaints	No	182	20.3	227	35.6	<.001
	1 symptom	130	14.5	101	15.8
	> 1 symptom	585	65.2	310	48.6
Physical health
Musculoskeletal complaints	No	301	33.3	248	38.8	.065
	1 symptom	237	26.2	145	22.7
	> 1 symptom	366	40.5	246	38.5
Sickness absence
Annual sick leave (days)	No	286	31.8	228	35.7	.130
	1–5 days/year	317	35.3	196	30.7
	> 5 days/year	295	32.9	214	33.5

Note. p-values of Χ²-test. Values lower .05 are boldfaced. Sums of cell ns might not be equal to total ns because of missing data