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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for employees in low-, medium-, and high-skilled jobs

From: Exploring work ability, psychosocial job demands and resources of employees in low-skilled jobs: a German cross-sectional study

 

Low-skilled

 

Medium-skilled

 

High-skilled

 

Total

 
 

Mean/ %

SD

 

Mean/ %

SD

 

Mean/ %

SD

 

Mean/ %

SD

Cronbach

alpha

 

Age (Ø)

50.19

7.62

 

49.10

7.85

 

48.65

7.90

 

48.99

7.86

  

Female (%)

65.90

  

52.00

  

42.70

  

49.30

   

Training / studies completed (%)

72.20

  

96.00

  

99.20

  

95.60

   

Resources

Influence on work (Ø)

2.39

0.77

 

2.78

0.79

 

3.35

0.75

 

2.98

0.84

0.76

 

Development possibilities (Ø)

2.90

0.92

 

3.64

0.77

 

4.08

0.59

 

3.76

0.78

0.69

 

Job security (Ø)

3.23

1.13

 

3.53

1.04

 

3.78

0.96

 

3.61

1.03

0.49

 

Role clarity (Ø)

4.22

0.61

 

4.27

0.57

 

4.28

0.58

 

4.27

0.58

0.67

 

Social support (Ø)

3.23

0.82

 

3.44

0.75

 

3.41

0.70

 

3.42

0.74

0.79

 

Demands

 

Work-life conflict (Ø)

3.78

1.20

 

3.62

1.13

 

3.32

1.09

 

3.51

1.13

0.84

 

Varied work (Ø)

3.08

1.43

 

4.00

1.11

 

4.28

0.82

 

4.05

1.08

-

 

Quant. demands (Ø)

3.39

0.80

 

3.23

0.77

 

2.88

0.79

 

3.10

0.80

0.81

 

Physical Working conditions (Ø)

3.29

0.66

 

3.55

0.54

 

3.83

0.41

 

3.64

0.53

0.73

 

Work ability (Ø)

7.47

2.11

 

7.90

1.80

 

8.23

1.59

 

8.00

1.76

  
  1. Source: S-MGA 2011/2012 & 2017; own presentation and calculation, unweighted