Table 2

Mean sociodemographic measures, work stress and working hours by government employee categories


Government employee categories

Junior
Intermediate
Senior 1
Senior 2
Executive
P


Years of education
13.46
14.87
15.69
16.03
16.58
0.37
Number of life events in past 6 months
1.02
0.95
0.92
0.89
0.73
0.59
Level of household responsibility
9.90
9.80
9.66
9.57
8.42
0.01
Job control score*
2.91
3.12
3.25
3.29
3.35
<0.01
Manageable job demands score*
2.33
2.28
2.03
1.81
1.63
<0.01
Skill discretion score*
2.76
3.13
3.35
3.42
3.54
<0.01
Job security*
2.64
2.76
2.78
2.89
2.91
0.02
Number of hours worked per week
36.78
39.20
43.20
48.06
53.73
<0.01

* Individuals' responses were scored from 1 to 4. Higher scores were given to work circumstances in which the individual had more job control, more manageable job demands, higher skill discretion and greater job security.

Parslow et al. BMC Public Health 2004 4:41   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-4-41