Table 1.
Baseline characteristics by work-related stress categories.
| Karasek job/demand control categoryb | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variablea | Low strain (%), n = 35,056 | Passive (%), n = 18,505 | Active (%), n = 15,278 | High strain (%), n = 33,277 | Missing (%) |
| Demand/control | low/high | low/low | high/high | high/low | 10,941 (10) |
| Women, n (%) | 15,015 (43) | 10,215 (55) | 7,009 (46) | 18,631 (56) | 0 (0) |
| Age, years | 45.8 (8.8) | 47.4 (9.6) | 45.0 (8.5) | 45.2 (9.0) | 0 (0) |
| Postsecondary education, n (%) | 15,372 (44) | 2,979 (16) | 6,240 (41) | 5,621 (17) | 1,877 (2) |
| Current smokers, n (%) | 6,157 (18) | 4,036 (22) | 2,943 (19) | 7,614 (23) | 235 (<1) |
| Any sick leave >6 months, n (%) | 4,077 (13) | 3,617 (23) | 1,855 (14) | 5,211 (18) | 15,689 (14) |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 25.7 (4.0) | 26.0 (4.4) | 25.8 (4.1) | 26.0 (4.4) | 0 (0) |
| Recreational physical activity, scale 1–5c | 2.4 (1.3) | 2.2 (1.3) | 2.3 (1.3) | 2.2 (1.3) | 2,735 (2) |
| Alcohol intake, g/day | 4.9 (5.3) | 3.4 (4.3) | 4.8 (5.6) | 3.5 (4.9) | 9,796 (9) |
| ISSIc | |||||
| AVSI, score 0–14 | 8.5 (1.5) | 8.1 (1.7) | 8.4 (1.6) | 8.0 (1.7) | 8,507 (8) |
| AVAT, score 0–12 | 2.8 (1.7) | 3.0 (2.0) | 2.8 (1.8) | 3.1 (2.1) | 8,717 (8) |
| Quality of lifec, score 1–7 | |||||
| Satisfaction: family | 6.2 (1.1) | 6.1 (1.2) | 6.0 (1.3) | 5.9 (1.3) | 47,006 (42) |
| Satisfaction: housing | 6.3 (1.0) | 6.2 (1.1) | 6.2 (1.1) | 6.0 (1.2) | 46,893 (41) |
| Satisfaction: work | 5.6 (1.4) | 5.2 (1.7) | 4.9 (1.5) | 4.7 (1.6) | 48,263 (43) |
| Satisfaction: finances | 5.7 (1.3) | 5.3 (1.5) | 5.3 (1.4) | 5.1 (1.5) | 47,019 (42) |
| Satisfaction: leisure time | 5.7 (1.3) | 5.7 (1.4) | 5.3 (1.5) | 5.3 (1.5) | 47,083 (42) |
| Feel appreciated outside home | 6.0 (1.0) | 5.5 (1.2) | 5.7 (1.1) | 5.3 (1.3) | 47,035 (42) |
| Feel appreciated inside home | 6.3 (1.0) | 6.1 (1.1) | 6.1 (1.1) | 5.9 (1.2) | 47:619 (42) |
a N (%) or mean (SD).
b χ 2 or ANOVA tests of difference in distribution of all variables in the table by work-related stress categories were performed, with all P < 0.001.
cRanging from never to ≥3 times per week.
dQuestionnaire items, higher score indicates a higher availability, satisfaction, or degree of appreciation. Collected for the subset of participants sampled from 1996 and onward.