Table 4.
Characteristics of workers with regard to the full sample and the six classes
| Full sample (N = 1.224) |
LC 1 Positive (N = 366) |
LC 2 Half negative (N = 269) |
LC 3 Moderately positive (N = 248) |
LC 4 Negative (N = 137) |
LC 5 Partly unknowing (N = 128) |
LC 6 Unknowing (N = 76) |
p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal characteristics | Having/had a mental illness (MI) | .480 | |||||||
| No | 72.6% | 70.7% | 75.9% | 67.2% | 77.9% | 71.5% | 80.6% | ||
| Yes | 27.4% | 29.3% | 24.1% | 32.8% | 22.1% | 28.5% | 19.5% | ||
| Disclosure of MI | .260 | ||||||||
| No disclosure/no mental illness | 79.9% | 76.1% | 84.3% | 75.6% | 87.3% | 80.0% | 83.1% | ||
| Disclosure | 20.1% | 23.9% | 15.7% | 24.4% | 12.7% | 20.0% | 16.9% | ||
| Familiarity with people with MI | .610 | ||||||||
| Not familiar | 27.3% | 22.5% | 30.6% | 23.6% | 25.9% | 33.0% | 43.5% | ||
| Little familiar | 18.3% | 18.8% | 21.1% | 16.6% | 22.9% | 14.5% | 9.9% | ||
| Very familiar | 54.4% | 58.8% | 48.3% | 59.8% | 51.2% | 52.5% | 46.7% | ||
| Personal experience with workers with MI | .001 | ||||||||
| Negative | 7.4% | 4.4% | 10.1% | 6.8% | 15.0% | 4.8% | 3.9% | ||
| Neutral | 29.5% | 24.1% | 33.2% | 29.5% | 34.2% | 32.2% | 29.5% | ||
| Positive | 32.0% | 45.3% | 28.6% | 30.0% | 19.1% | 27.2% | 18.4% | ||
| None | 31.1% | 26.2% | 28.0% | 33.6% | 31.8% | 35.9% | 48.2% | ||
| Association MI: work related disorders | .010 | ||||||||
| No | 28.4% | 19.3% | 34.9% | 25.7% | 38.7% | 30.7% | 36.2% | ||
| Yes | 71.6% | 80.7% | 65.1% | 74.3% | 61.3% | 69.3% | 63.8% | ||
| Association MI: common disorders | .630 | ||||||||
| No | 52.5% | 52.1% | 50.5% | 53.4% | 52.9% | 50.9% | 61.5% | ||
| Yes | 47.5% | 47.9% | 49.5% | 46.6% | 47.1% | 49.1% | 38.5% | ||
| Association MI: other disorders | .910 | ||||||||
| No | 73.1% | 74.0% | 71.6% | 75.3% | 72.6% | 70.1% | 73.1% | ||
| Yes | 26.9% | 26.0% | 28.4% | 24.7% | 27.4% | 29.9% | 26.9% | ||
|
Socio demographic characteristics |
Age (years) | .320 | |||||||
| Mean | 44.6 | 45.6 | 43.8 | 44.2 | 45.0 | 45.3 | 42.6 | ||
| Gender | .000 | ||||||||
| Male | 42.8% | 41.4% | 52.2% | 32.4% | 56.6% | 30.5% | 46.3% | ||
| Female | 57.2% | 58.6% | 47.8% | 67.6% | 43.4% | 69.5% | 53.7% | ||
| Educational level* | .002 | ||||||||
| Low | 17.1% | 15.2% | 20.6% | 8.7% | 20.3% | 22.6% | 26.2% | ||
| Secondary | 40.1% | 37.3% | 41.8% | 39.9% | 45.8% | 34.8% | 47.1% | ||
| High | 42.8% | 47.6% | 37.6% | 51.4% | 33.9% | 42.6% | 26.7% | ||
|
Work-related characteristics |
Workplace atmosphere | .000 | |||||||
| Negative | 11.2% | 6.7% | 15.2% | 7.2% | 20.3% | 14.4% | 10.1% | ||
| Neutral | 31.0% | 18.6% | 37.5% | 25.5% | 38.1% | 42.8% | 52.3% | ||
| Positive | 57.8% | 74.7% | 47.3% | 67.3% | 41.6% | 42.9% | 37.7% | ||
| Size of the company | .081 | ||||||||
| Small | 27.8% | 28.6% | 25.4% | 33.1% | 17.5% | 31.1% | 27.8% | ||
| Medium/large | 32.8% | 33.5% | 34.3% | 28.6% | 43.6% | 26.7% | 29.2% | ||
| Type of industry | .240 | ||||||||
| Private | 44.5% | 40.8% | 49.2% | 45.5% | 46.9% | 39.7% | 46.8% | ||
| Public | 34.9% | 39.0% | 30.1% | 33.6% | 34.0% | 38.7% | 31.2% | ||
| Income (euros) | .280 | ||||||||
| Mean | 4855,14 | 5146,82 | 4666,20 | 4984,98 | 4625,45 | 4547, 33 | 4630,58 |
*p-value of Wald statistic; p < .05
**Based on the highest level of education completed. ‘Low’ (primary school, intermediate secondary, US: junior high school), ‘secondary’ (higher secondary education/preparatory university education, US; senior high school; intermediate vocational education, US; junior college), and ‘high’ (higher education, US: college; university)