Comparison of psychosocial work factors, classified by FINJEM on the basis of the self and next-of-kin-reported job titles and duration of job phases (n = 49 double interviews)
| Comparison of categorised mean scores | Comparison of interval-scaled mean scores | ||||||||||||
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| Based on self reported job titles* | No. of pairs† | Agreement (n) | Agreement (%) | Agreement (%), missing values included | Kappa | Median, based on self reported job titles | Median, based on next-of-kin-reported job titles | Wilcoxon test | |||||
| *Pairs with identical categorised mean scores are asterisked. | |||||||||||||
| †Pairs with at least one missing value are excluded from analysis. | |||||||||||||
| ‡Higher exposure to different working time arrangements on the basis of the self reported job titles. | |||||||||||||
| Challenge at work (time weighted mean score on a composite scale 1–5) | ⩽3.5 | >3.5, <4.5 | ⩾4.5 | 48 | 40 | 83.3% | 81.6% | 0.68 | 3.9 | 4.0 | p = 0.77 | ||
| Based on next-of-kin-reported job titles | ⩽3.5 | 13* | 5 | – | |||||||||
| >3.5, <4.5 | 2 | 25* | – | ||||||||||
| ⩾4.5 | 1 | 2* | |||||||||||
| Social climate at work (time weighted mean score on a composite scale 1–5) | ⩽3.5 | >3.5, <4.5 | ⩾4.5 | 48 | 41 | 85.4% | 83.7% | 0.71 | 3.6 | 3.7 | p = 0.69 | ||
| Based on next-of-kin-reported job titles | ⩽3.5 | 20* | 4 | – | |||||||||
| >3.5, <4.5 | 3 | 21* | – | ||||||||||
| ⩾4.5 | – | –* | |||||||||||
| Control possibilities at work (time weighted mean score on a composite scale 1–5) | ⩽3.5 | >3.5, <4.5 | ⩾4.5 | 48 | 47 | 98.0% | 95.9% | 0.90 | 4.0 | 4.0 | p = 0.42 | ||
| Based on next-of-kin-reported job titles | ⩽3.5 | 5* | 1 | – | |||||||||
| >3.5, <4.5 | – | 42* | – | ||||||||||
| ⩾4.5 | – | – | –* | ||||||||||
| Work load (time weighted mean score on a composite scale 1–5) | ⩽2.0 | >2.0, <3.0 | ⩾3.0 | 45 | 32 | 71.1% | 65.3% | 0.48 | 2.9 | 2.9 | p = 0.67 | ||
| Based on next-of-kin-reported job titles | ⩽2.0 | 2* | 3 | – | |||||||||
| >2.0, <3.0 | – | 19* | 4 | ||||||||||
| ⩾3.0 | 1 | 5 | 11* | ||||||||||
| Perceived risks for error at work (time weighted mean score on a composite scale 1–5) | ⩽3.5 | >3.5, <4.5 | ⩾4.5 | 48 | 40 | 83.3% | 81.6% | 0.67 | 2.0 | 2.0 | p = 0.73 | ||
| Based on next-of-kin-reported job titles | ⩽3.5 | 29* | 4 | – | |||||||||
| >3.5, <4.5 | 1 | 8* | – | ||||||||||
| ⩾4.5 | – | 3 | 3* | ||||||||||
| Social demands at work (time weighted mean score on a composite scale 1–5) | ⩽3.5 | >3.5, <4.5 | ⩾4.5 | 48 | 41 | 85.4% | 83.7% | 0.61 | 3.0 | 3.1 | p = 0.88 | ||
| Based on next-of-kin-reported job titles | ⩽3.5 | 33* | 4 | – | |||||||||
| >3.5, <4.5 | 3 | 7* | – | ||||||||||
| ⩾4.5 | – | – | 1* | ||||||||||
| Supervisor support (time weighted mean score on a composite scale 1–5) | ⩽3.5 | >3.5, <4.5 | ⩾4.5 | 48 | 43 | 90.0% | 87.8% | 0.61 | 4.0 | 4.0 | p = 0.36 | ||
| Based on next-of-kin-reported job titles | ⩽3.5 | 5* | 3 | – | |||||||||
| >3.5, <4.5 | 2 | 38* | – | ||||||||||
| ⩾4.5 | – | – | –* | ||||||||||
| Working time arrangements (time weighted mean score on a scale 0–2) | 0 | >0, <0.5 | ⩾0.5 | 48 | 44 | 91.7% | 89.8% | 0.66 | 0.1 | 0.1 | p = 0.08‡ | ||
| Based on next-of-kin-reported job titles | 0 | 2* | 3 | – | |||||||||
| >0, <0.5 | 1 | 38* | 1 | ||||||||||
| ⩾0.5 | – | – | 4* | ||||||||||