Table 3 Distribution of highest tertiles of quantitative, emotional and physical demands over socio-economic categories - overall and gender specific analyses (ORs - 95% CIs) - Flemish Quality of Labour Monitor, Belgium, 2004

Age (N) Wald

(4,846) 6.99*

(5,347) 18.25***

(4,851) 0.17

(5,337) 21.87***

(4,702) 8.34*

(5,169) 46.37***

(4,687) 6.07*

(5,160) 3.75

16-29 years

0.86 (0.69-1.06)

0.78 (0.64-0.94)

1.04 (0.84-1.29)

0.62 (0.51-0.77)

1.42 (1.10-1.84)

1.77 (1.48-2.12)

0.78 (0.64-0.95)

1.20 (0.99-1.44)

30-49 years

1.06 (0.88-1.27)

1.10 (0.95-1.28)

1.04 (0.86-1.25)

0.89 (0.77-1.04)

1.37 (1.09-1.72)

1.56 (1.35-1.80)

0.84 (0.71-1.00)

1.06 (0.92-1.24)

50 years and older

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Occ. Categories (N) Wald

(4,613) 75.42***

(5,110) 221.93***

(4,619) 520.17***

(5,103) 587.31***

(4,631) 458.12***

(5,118) 1,257.49***

(4,615) 483.99***

(5,110) 345.72***

Un-/semi-schooled man.

1.03 (0.84-1.27)

0.94 (0.76-1.16)

0.34 (0.25-0.46)

0.31 (0.23-0.40)

4.88 (3.92-6.08)

6.78 (5.50-8.36)

2.19 (1.81-2.66)

2.41 (1.99-2.92)

Schooled manual

0.91 (0.69-1.19)

0.99 (0.83-1.17)

0.53 (0.38-0.74)

0.37 (0.30-0.45)

5.63 (4.34-7.30)

8.31 (6.96-9.93)

2.02 (1.59-2.56)

1.30 (1.10-1.52)

Educational prof.

1.05 (0.85-1.29)

0.77 (0.55-1.09)

2.56 (2.10-3.12)

2.91 (2.16-3.92)

0.43 (0.30-0.63)

0.45 (0.30-0.67)

0.19 (0.14-0.24)

0.35 (0.24-0.51)

Healthcare prof.

1.12 (0.92-1.37)

1.05 (0.64-1.74)

5.23 (4.31-6.35)

5.97 (3.65-9.75)

3.52 (2.83-4.37)

1.22 (0.76-1.98)

0.37 (0.30-0.45)

0.27 (0.14-0.53)

Other prof.

1.92 (1.48-2.49)

1.75 (1.38-2.22)

1.87 (1.43-2.45)

1.23 (0.97-1.57)

0.36 (0.21-0.63)

0.34 (0.24-0.47)

0.54 (0.41-0.71)

0.63 (0.49-0.81)

Middle managers

2.41 (1.79-3.24)

3.05 (2.43-3.82)

3.24 (2.40-4.38)

2.33 (1.86-2.92)

1.15 (0.75-1.75)

0.86 (0.67-1.11)

0.30 (0.21-0.43)

0.45 (0.35-0.58)

Higher managers

2.80 (1.82-4.29)

3.07 (2.39-3.95)

3.45 (2.25-5.29)

2.94 (2.29-3.78)

0.51 (0.22-1.18)

0.33 (0.23-0.48)

0.21 (0.11-0.39)

0.25 (0.17-0.35)

Non-manual routine

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Skill (N) Wald

(4,794) 86.31***

(5,269) 181.65***

(4,799) 227.23***

(5,259) 213.25***

(4,652) 74.14***

(5,095) 550.15***

(4,637) 226.46***

(5,088) 204.78***

Expert

2.25 (1.90-2.67)

2.65 (2.28-3.07)

2.94 (2.47-3.51)

3.14 (2.69-3.67)

0.32 (0.25-0.42)

0.10 (0.08-0.12)

0.30 (0.25-0.36)

0.29 (0.25-0.35)

Semi-skilled

1.12 (1.11-1.47)

1.14 (0.99-1.30)

2.66 (2.31-3.07)

1.45 (1.25-1.68)

0.79 (0.68-0.92)

0.79 (0.69-0.89)

0.44 (0.39-0.51)

0.62 (0.54-0.71)

Lower skilled

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Social class (N) Wald

(4,667) 53.01***

(5,134) 198.89***

(4,673) 83.76***

(5,127) 230.30***

(4,682) 9.84**

(5,143) 139.75***

(4,667) 34.80***

(5,134) 99.34***

Higher management

2.71 (1.78-4.12)

3.28 (2.62-4.10)

2.59 (1.70-3.92)

4.52 (3.60-5.67)

0.28 (0.12-0.64)

0.13 (0.91-0.18)

0.25 (0.14-0.46)

0.21 (0.15-0.29)

Supervisors

1.79 (1.48-2.18)

2.20 (1.92-2.52)

2.25 (1.85-2.72)

2.13 (1.85-2.46)

1.10 (0.87-1.38)

0.96 (0.84-1.09)

0.65 (0.53-0.80)

0.70 (0.61-0.80)

Workers

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00