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Table 4 Distribution of highest tertiles of repetitive movements, atypical work schedules and overtime work over socio-economic categories - overall and gender specific analyses (ORs - 95% CIs) - Flemish Quality of Labour Monitor, Belgium, 2004

From: The socio-economic distribution of health-related occupational stressors among wage-earners in a Post-Fordist labour market

 

Atypical work schedules

Frequent overtime work

Sudden schedule changes

Low autonomy

 

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Age (N) Wald

(4,713) 8.82*

(5,187) 27.05***

(4,704) 17.71***

(5,178) 32.25***

(4,717) 24.34***

(5,174) 12.71**

(4,852) 2.62

(5,346) 13.95***

16-29 years

1.40 (1.11-1.77)

1.75 (1.42-2.17)

1.60 (1.28-2.00)

1.63 (1.35-1.97)

2.17 (1.55-3.03)

1.45 (1.14-1.84)

0.85 (0.69-1.04)

1.43 (1.19-1.73)

30-49 years

1.18 (0.96-1.45)

1.63 (1.37-1.94)

1.34 (1.10-1.63)

1.50 (1.29-1.75)

1.49 (1.09-2.03)

1.41 (1.16-1.71)

0.93 (0.77-1.11)

1.05 (0.90-1.23)

50 years and older

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Occ. Categories (N) Wald

(4,644) 732.66***

(5,142) 367.82***

(4,630) 448.00***

(5,129) 697.79***

(4,643) 141.54***

(5,125) 320.67***

(4,622) 226.06***

(5,111) 454.68***

Un-/semi-schooled man.

3.86 (3.11-4.79)

2.40 (1.96-2.95)

0.50 (0.38-0.65)

0.63 (0.50-0.78)

1.23 (0.88-1.72)

0.85 (0.65-1.12)

3.31 (1.91-2.80)

2.82 (2.32-3.42)

Schooled manual

3.13 (2.40-4.07)

1.66 (1.39-1.98)

0.61 (0.44-0.84)

0.70 (0.59-0.84)

1.35 (0.91-2.00)

0.82 (0.65-1.03)

2.04 (1.60-2.58)

1.53 (1.30-1.80)

Educational prof.

0.42 (0.29-0.60)

0.20 (0.11-3.37)

3.71 (3.04-4.52)

1.92 (1.42-2.60)

0.85 (0.59-1.23)

0.45 (0.26-0.78)

0.81 (0.65-1.00)

0.60 (0.42-0.84)

Healthcare prof.

10.33 (8.38-12.72)

7.86 (4.81-12.86)

1.65 (1.35-2.01)

1.40 (0.88-2.23)

3.02 (2.33-3.92)

2.17 (1.30-3.63)

1.21 (1.00-1.46)

1.19 (0.74-1.91)

Other prof.

0.24 (0.13-0.45)

0.27 (0.18-0.40)

3.12 (2.41-4.04)

2.70 (2.14-3.42)

2.26 (1.57-3.26)

1.90 (1.43-2.53)

0.40 (0.28-0.56)

0.28 (0.20-0.39)

Middle managers

0.50 (0.29-0.86)

0.61 (0.46-0.82)

4.45 (3.29-6.00)

5.34 (4.22-6.76)

3.75 (2.58-5.47)

3.09 (2.38-4.00)

0.24 (0.15-0.38)

0.23 (0.16-0.32)

Higher managers

0.22 (0.07-0.69)

0.17 (0.10-0.28)

16.69 (9.58-29.05)

12.36 (9.14-16.72)

5.31 (3.25-8.69)

5.44 (4.12-7.18)

0.08 (0.02-0.24)

0.04 (0.02-0.09)

Non-manual routine

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Skill (N) Wald

(4,664) 125.80***

(5,112) 233.12***

(4,653) 331.19***

(5,104) 555.82***

(4,666) 49.73***

(5,099) 181.07***

(4,801) 157.13***

(5,270) 352.72***

Expert

0.20 (0.15-0.26)

0.15 (0.12-0.19)

5.00 (4.18-5.99)

6.41 (5.48-7.50)

2.34 (1.85-2.97)

3.02 (2.54-3.60)

0.25 (0.20-0.31)

0.14 (0.11-0.17)

Semi-skilled

0.92 (0.80-1.06)

0.73 (0.64-0.84)

2.68 (2.31-3.12)

1.52 (1.32-1.75)

1.36 (1.10-1.68)

1.11 (0.93-1.33)

0.70 (0.61-0.80)

0.56 (0.49-0.63)

Lower skilled

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Social class (N) Wald

(4,696) 16.94***

(5,165) 73.76***

(4,683) 183.38***

(5,153) 458.29***

(4,696) 63.85***

(5,150) 256.29***

(4,675) 85.67***

(5,134) 212.44***

Higher management

0.11 (0.03-0.34)

0.12 (0.07-0.21)

13.49 (7.81-23.32)

13.52 (10.23-17.87)

3.88 (2.43-6.21)

6.16 (4.85-7.82)

0.06 (0.20-0.20)

0.03 (0.01-0.06)

Supervisors

0.82 (0.65-1.04)

0.76 (0.66-0.89)

2.74 (2.26-3.32)

2.65 (2.31-3.03)

2.19 (1.71-2.81)

2.23 (1.89-2.63)

0.35 (0.27-0.46)

0.38 (0.33-0.45)

Workers

 

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

  1. Gender specific models: all effects controlled for age.; Significance of the Wald statistics: *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001