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. 2022 Jul 14:1–17. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s12144-022-03377-4

Table 4.

Results from the R3STEP procedure for the effects of the predictors on latent class membership

Class 1 vs. 2 Class 1 vs. 3 Class 1 vs. 4 Class 1 vs. 5 Class 2 vs. 3
Coef. (SE) OR Coef. (SE) OR Coef. (SE) OR Coef. (SE) OR Coef. (SE) OR
Intercept -1.304 (0.575)* -0.492 (0.506) -1.526 (0.995) -2.724 (0.898)** 0.812 (0.482)
Gender -0.289 (0.228) 0.749 -0.305 (0.217) 0.737 0.173 (0.357) 1.188 -0.724 (0.382) 0.485 -0.016 (0.196) 0.984
Age 0.027 (0.009)** 1.028 0.029 (0.009)*** 1.03 -0.002 (0.013) 0.998 0.019 (0.017) 1.02 0.002 (0.008) 1.002
Orga. size (ref: 1-14 e.)
15-49 0.143 (0.337) 1.154 -0.686 (0.308)* 0.503 -0.243 (0.481) 0.784 -0.477 (0.566) 0.621 -0.829 (0.308)** 0.436
50-249 0.377 (0.315) 1.458 -0.145 (0.281) 0.865 0.262 (0.447) 1.299 -0.211 (0.506) 0.81 -0.522 (0.274) 0.593
250+ 0.515 (0.319) 1.673 0.180 (0.284) 1.197 0.397 (0.469) 1.487 0.399 (0.482) 1.49 -0.335 (0.262) 0.715
Education (ref: ISCED 1-3)
ISCED 4-5 0.259 (0.318) 1.296 -0.410 (0.310) 0.664 -0.214 (0.406) 0.807 -0.196 (0.731) 0.822 -0.670 (0.296)* 0.512
ISCED 6-8 0.512 (0.312) 1.669 0.058 (0.289) 1.06 -1.235 (0.460)** 0.291 1.328 (0.460)** 3.775 -0.454 (0.247) 0.635
Healthcare setting 0.591 (0.553) 1.805 0.761 (0.522) 2.141 3.222 (0.518)*** 25.074 -2.314 (1.126)* 0.099 0.171 (0.419) 1.186
Occupation (ref: Professional)
Manager 1.299 (0.517)* 3.667 0.891 (0.490) 2.438 1.140 (1.039) 3.127 1.116 (0.667) 3.053 -0.408 (0.366) 0.665
Technicians 0.342 (0.306) 1.407 0.065 (0.284) 1.068 0.632 (0.560) 1.881 -0.052 (0.508) 0.949 -0.276 (0.262) 0.759
Clerical support workers 0.660 (0.385) 1.935 -0.374 (0.379) 0.688 -1.379 (1.771) 0.252 -0.460 (0.603) 0.631 -1.034 (0.318)*** 0.356
Service and sales workers 0.104 (0.546) 1.11 -0.133 (0.464) 0.875 2.154 (0.730)** 8.621 -24.906 (0.730)*** 0.000 -0.237 (0.465) 0.789
Craft workers -0.681 (0.450) 0.506 -0.945 (0.408)* 0.389 0.750 (0.793) 2.117 -25.761 (0.793)*** 0.000 -0.264 (0.427) 0.768
Others 0.021 (0.502) 1.021 -0.224 (0.459) 0.799 1.565 (0.763)* 4.781 -25.111 (0.763)*** 0.000 -0.245 (0.420) 0.783
Class 2 vs. 4 Class 2 vs. 5 Class 3 vs. 4 Class 3 vs. 5 Class 4 vs. 5
Coef. (SE) OR Coef. (SE) OR Coef. (SE) OR Coef. (SE) OR Coef. (SE) OR
Intercept -0.222 (1.011) -1.420 (0.868) -1.034 (0.981) -2.232 (0.859)** -1.198 (1.234)
Gender 0.461 (0.358) 1.586 -0.435 (0.367) 0.647 0.478 (0.357) 1.612 -0.419 (0.367) 0.658 -0.897 (0.479) 0.408
Age -0.030 (0.012)* 0.971 -0.008 (0.016) 0.992 -0.032 (0.012)* 0.969 -0.010 (0.016) 0.99 0.022 (0.019) 1.022
Orga. size (ref: 1-14 e.)
15-49 -0.387 (0.490) 0.679 -0.620 (0.555) 0.538 0.443 (0.493) 1.557 0.210 (0.557) 1.233 -0.233 (0.687) 0.792
50-249 -0.116 (0.453) 0.891 -0.588 (0.493) 0.555 0.407 (0.444) 1.502 -0.066 (0.490) 0.936 -0.472 (0.619) 0.624
250+ -0.118 (0.466) 0.889 -0.116 (0.468) 0.89 0.217 (0.446) 1.242 0.219 (0.461) 1.245 0.002 (0.607) 1.002
Education (ref: ISCED 1-3)
ISCED 4-5 -0.474 (0.393) 0.623 -0.455 (0.716) 0.634 0.196 (0.421) 1.216 0.214 (0.721) 1.239 0.019 (0.781) 1.019
ISCED 6-8 -1.748 (0.428)*** 0.174 0.816 (0.428) 2.262 -1.293 (0.438)** 0.274 1.271 (0.423)** 3.563 2.564 (0.562)*** 12.986
Healthcare setting 2.631 (0.454)*** 13.888 -2.905 (1.067)** 0.055 2.460 (0.478)*** 11.71 -3.075 (1.050)** 0.046 -5.536 (1.085)*** 0.004
Occupation (ref: Professional)
Manager -0.159 (0.958) 0.853 -0.183 (0.570) 0.832 0.249 (1.003) 1.282 0.225 (0.574) 1.252 -0.024 (1.077) 0.976
Technicians 0.290 (0.551) 1.337 -0.394 (0.492) 0.674 0.567 (0.545) 1.762 -0.118 (0.491) 0.889 -0.684 (0.692) 0.504
Clerical support workers -2.039 (1.784) 0.13 -1.120 (0.556)* 0.326 -1.005 (1.772) 0.366 -0.086 (0.562) 0.918 0.919 (1.837) 2.507
Service and sales workers 2.050 (0.741)** 7.769 -25.010 (0.741)*** 0.000 2.287 (0.724)** 9.847 -24.773 (0.724)*** 0.000 -27.060 (0.000)a 0.000
Craft workers 1.431 (0.813) 4.183 -25.080 (0.813)*** 0.000 1.695 (0.804)* 5.449 -24.816 (0.804)*** 0.000 -26.511 (0.000)a 0.000
Others 1.544 (0.750)* 4.684 -25.132 (0.750)*** 0.000 1.789 (0.751)* 5.984 -24.887 (0.751)*** 0.000 -26.676 (0.000)a 0.000

* p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001; a these parameters were fixed to avoid singularity of the information matrix that were caused by empty cells in the joint distribution of the (latent) class variable and the predictor variables. SE Standard error of the coefficient; OR Odds ratio; Gender: 0 = male, 1 = female; Healthcare setting: 0 = no, 1 = yes; Class 1: Low level of countermeasures; Class 2: Medium level of countermeasures; Class 3: High level of countermeasures; Class 4: High level of countermeasures low distance; Class 5: Permanent telecommuting