Table 5.

Prospective associations between expectations of being available in spare time (availability expectations) and well-being, health complaints, and turnover intentions. [OR=odds ratio; CI=confidence interval.]

	Neck pain	Headache	Mental distress	Sleep problems	Positive affect	Organizational commitment	Intention to leave
	OR (99% CI)	OR (99% CI)	b-value (99% CI)	b-value (99% CI)	b-value (99% CI)	b-value (99% CI)	b-value (99% CI)
Expect available spare time
Very seldom or never	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Rather seldom	1.21 ( 0.78–1.87)	1.13 ( 0.73–1.76)	-0.02 (-0.08–0.05)	-0.04 (-0.20–0.11)	0.00 (-0.15–0.14)	0.01 (-0.13–0.15)	0.09 (-0.12–0.29)
Sometimes	1.21 ( 0.81–1.83)	1.09 ( 0.72–1.65)	0.02 (-0.04–0.08)	-0.03 (-0.18–0.11)	-0.03 (-0.16–0.11)	-0.09 (-0.22–0.04)	0.12 (-0.06–0.31)
Rather often	1.49 ( 0.88–2.53)	1.23 ( 0.71–2.14)	0.05 (-0.03–0.13)	0.09 (-0.11–0.28)	-0.07 (-0.25–0.11)	-0.06 (-0.23–0.11)	0.11 (-0.14–0.36)
Very often or always	1.06 ( 0.56–2.01)	1.13 ( 0.61–2.09)	0.00 (-0.09–0.09)	-0.12 (-0.33–0.10)	-0.03 (-0.23–0.17)	-0.03 (-0.21–0.16)	0.18 (-0.09–0.46)

Note: Analyses were adjusted for working more than regular hours, gender, age, skill level, leader/management responsibility, and year of measurement.