Table 1

Mean job characteristics scores according to sociodemographic characteristics, stratified by job, employment, education, and age

		Men				Women
		n	Demand			Control	Strain	n	Demand	Control	Strain
All participants	3187	11.9	16.9	0.718		3400	10.8	14.9	0.753
Job:
Manager	1595	12.3^1-165	17.5^1-165	0.711^1-165		945	11.1^1-165	15.4^1-165	0.744^1-160
Subordinate	1290	11.5	16.1	0.736		2029	10.7	14.5	0.768
Employment:
White Collar	893	12.1^1-160	17.4^1-165	0.705^1-160		1429	10.6^1-160	15.3^1-165	0.718^1-165
Blue Collar	2241	11.8	16.7	0.724		1931	10.9	14.7	0.778
Education:
Less than compulsory	1253	11.8	16.5^1-165	0.732^1-165		1466	10.7	14.7^1-165	0.764^1-150
Higher	1912	11.9	17.2	0.708		1920	10.8	15.1	0.743
Age group:
⩽55	1863	12.2^1-165	17.3^1-165	0.718		2133	11.0^1-165	15.0	0.761^1-160
56–65	1324	11.5	16.4	0.718		1267	10.5	14.8	0.738

↵1-150 p<0.05;
↵1-160 p<0.01;
↵1-165 p<0.001.
Gender differences were all p<0.001.
ANOVA was performed among the categories.