Table 5 Distribution of highest tertiles of sudden schedule changes, low autonomy and low task variation over socio-economic categories - overall and gender specific analyses (ORs - 95% CIs) - Flemish Quality of Labour Monitor, Belgium, 2004

Age (N) Wald

(4,856) 4.93

(5,342) 18.97***

(4,719) 24.32***

(5,186) 18.23***

(4,844) 3.41

(5,332) 7.94*

(4,685) 11.69**

(5,161) 15.24***

16-29 years

0.80 (0.65-0.97)

1.56 (1.28-1.90)

1.87 (1.45-2.41)

1.50 (1.21-1.86)

0.85 (0.69-1.06)

0.87 (0.72-1.06)

0.61 (0.46-0.81)

0.64 (0.49-0.83)

30-49 years

0.87 (0.73-1.04)

1.27 (1.08-1.50)

1.44 (1.14-1.81)

1.43 (1.20-1.71)

0.98 (0.82-1.19)

1.09 (0.94-1.27)

0.97 (0.77-1.23)

1.00 (0.82-1.22)

50 years and older

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Occ. Categories (N) Wald

(4,624) 569.18***

(5,108) 448.71***

(4,645) 131.77***

(5,137) 133.19***

(4,616) 5.99

(5,097) 25.44**

(4,613) 4.64

(5,109) 30.41***

Un-/semi-schooled man.

2.58 (2.12-3.15)

2.13 (1.76-2.58)

1.85 (1.50-2.28)

2.18 (1.76-2.67)

0.87 (0.71-1.07)

1.28 (1.05-1.55)

1.07 (0.82-1.38)

1.31 (1.02-1.69)

Schooled manual

1.39 (1.10-1.76)

0.78 (0.66-0.92)

1.49 (1.14-1.93)

1.29 (1.07-1.55)

0.90 (0.70-1.18)

1.04 (0.88-1.23)

1.03 (0.74-1.44)

0.99 (0.80-1.24)

Educational prof.

0.05 (0.04-0.08)

0.16 (0.10-0.26)

0.54 (0.41-0.71)

0.45 (0.29-0.71)

0.96 (0.78-1.18)

1.06 (0.78-1.44)

0.94 (0.72-1.23)

1.27 (0.86-1.86)

Healthcare prof.

0.47 (0.40-0.58)

0.44 (0.25-0.78)

0.45 (0.34-0.58)

0.44 (0.22-0.89)

0.84 (0.68-1.03)

0.91 (0.56-1.48)

0.94 (0.73-1.23)

1.38 (0.77-2.49)

Other prof.

0.16 (0.11-0.23)

0.28 (0.21-0.38)

0.88 (0.64-1.21)

0.87 (0.65-1.15)

0.79 (0.60-1.06)

0.77 (0.60-0.99)

0.99 (0.69-1.41)

0.56 (0.38-0.81)

Middle managers

0.20 (1.33-0.30)

0.17 (0.12-0.24)

0.83 (0.57-1.21)

0.82 (0.62-1.08)

0.87 (0.63-1.21)

0.87 (0.69-1.10)

0.79 (0.51-1.23)

0.84 (0.61-1.16)

Higher managers

0.06 (0.02-0.16)

0.09 (0.05-0.15)

0.53 (0.28-1.01)

0.63 (0.45-0.89)

0.77 (0.47-1.26)

0.74 (0.56-0.97)

0.54 (0.26-1.12)

0.66 (0.45-0.96)

Non-manual routine

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Skill (N) Wald

(4,804) 438.36***

(5,264) 304.12***

(4,668) 60.88***

(5,112) 51.24***

(4,793) 7.04*

(5,254) 12.64**

(4,636) 1.81

(5,086) 15.23***

Expert

0.13 (0.11-0.17)

0.17 (0.14-0.21)

0.70 (0.58-0.86)

0.57 (0.47-0.68)

1.11 (0.92-1.33)

0.76 (0.65-0.89)

0.94 (0.74-1.20)

0.65 (0.52-0.81)

Semi-skilled

0.35 (0.30-0.40)

0.51 (0.44-0.58)

0.52 (0.44-0.62)

0.67 (0.58-0.78)

1.21 (1.05-1.39)

0.96 (0.84-1.09)

1.10 (0.91-1.32)

0.90 (0.76-1.08)

Lower skilled

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Social class (N) Wald

(4,678) 99.81***

(5,131) 206.42***

(4,698) 4.20

(5,160) 36.33***

(4,666) 1.57

(5,120) 6.21*

(4,666) 2.79

(5,134) 5.97

Higher management

0.07 (0.03-0.19)

0.09 (0.06-0.15)

0.54 (0.29-1.02)

0.49 (0.36-0.67)

0.82 (0.51-1.34)

0.74 (0.58-0.95)

0.54 (0.26-1.12)

0.65 (0.46-0.92)

Supervisors

0.35 (0.27-0.44)

0.37 (0.32-0.44)

0.90 (0.71-1.15)

0.69 (0.59-0.81)

0.90 (0.72-1.11)

1.02 (0.89-1.17)

0.97 (0.74-1.27)

0.95 (0.79-1.14)

Workers

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00