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Mean sociodemographic measures, work stress and working hours by government employee categories |
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| Government employee categories |
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| Junior |
Intermediate |
Senior 1 |
Senior 2 |
Executive |
P |
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| 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 |
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* 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 |
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