Descriptive characteristics study population (May 2000)
| Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases* | Non-cases† | p value | Cases* | Non-cases† | p value | |
| *Total score SWING ⩾22. | ||||||
| †Total score SWING <22. | ||||||
| ‡Scale range. | ||||||
| n | 499 | 4573 | 94 | 921 | ||
| Age | ||||||
| Mean (SD) | 42.68 (7.81) | 44.74 (8.20) | <0.0001 | 40.68 (8.39) | 39.89 (8.75) | 0.402 |
| Educational level, % | 0.108 | 0.009 | ||||
| Low | 21.9 | 19.9 | 11.0 | 9.3 | ||
| Medium | 36.8 | 41.8 | 37.4 | 53.9 | ||
| High | 41.3 | 38.3 | 51.6 | 36.8 | ||
| Long term disease, % | 30.8 | 19.3 | <0.0001 | 32.6 | 23.2 | 0.045 |
| Dependant children, % | 61.5 | 55.6 | 0.012 | 49.5 | 27.9 | <0.0001 |
| Living arrangement | ||||||
| Cohabiting with partner, % | 86.0 | 88.8 | 0.062 | 75.5 | 75.5 | 0.999 |
| Work schedule, % | <0.0001 | 0.087 | ||||
| Day work | 63.5 | 80.5 | 84.7 | 90.6 | ||
| Shift work | 36.5 | 19.5 | 15.3 | 9.4 | ||
| Psychological job demands | ||||||
| Mean (SD) (12–48)‡ | 35.88 (5.38) | 32.27 (5.33) | <0.0001 | 35.71 (6.45) | 32.25 (5.29) | <0.0001 |
| Decision latitude | ||||||
| Mean (SD) (24–96)‡ | 69.75 (12.54) | 73.32 (10.09) | <0.0001 | 71.02 (12.96) | 72.27 (9.98) | 0.366 |
| Emotional demands | ||||||
| Mean (SD) (0–5)‡ | 1.66 (1.51) | 0.86 (1.14) | <0.0001 | 1.99 (1.48) | 1.18 (1.21) | <0.0001 |
| Physical demands, % | 38.5 | 18.9 | <0.0001 | 28.7 | 21.3 | 0.098 |
| Social support supervisor | ||||||
| Mean (SD) (4–16) | 9.45 (2.70) | 10.38 (2.14) | <0.0001 | 9.60 (2.50) | 10.84 (2.47) | <0.0001 |
| Social support co-worker | ||||||
| Mean (SD) (4–16) | 11.45 (1.76) | 11.80 (1.46) | <0.0001 | 11.63 (1.79) | 12.13 (1.63) | 0.005 |
| Absent from work at time of completing questionnaire, % | 10.8 | 5.0 | <0.0001 | 18.1 | 6.9 | <0.0001 |