Exploring risk factors for developing occupational ill health – departing from an occupational perspective

Figures & data

Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristic of the participants (n = 218).

Sociodemographic factors	n (Percent (%))
Age (Missing 7)
<30	5 (2.4)
30–39	27 (12.8)
40–49	73 (34.1)
50–59	82 (38.9)
60–65	24 (11.8)
Marital status
Divorced	18 (8.3)
Married/cohabiting	160 (73.4)
Single	26 (11.9)
In a relationship	13 (6)
Widow/widower	1 (0.4)
Children
No children/no children living at home	83 (38.1)
Children living at home	130 (61.9)
Education
Elementary school	21 (9.7)
Vocational school	50 (22.9)
High school	63 (28.9)
University	84 (38.6)
Country of birth
Sweden	192 (88.1)
Other country	26 (11.9)
Occupational health
Not on a sick leave	88 (40.4)
On sick leave 25–50%	34 (15.6)
On sick leave 50–75%	16 (7.3)
On sick leave 75–100%	80 (36.7)

Table 2. Descriptive and correlations of the study variables.

	M (SD)	Coefficient H	Perceived health	Occ. balance	Conc OVal	SocSymb OVal	SelfRewa OVal	Total OVal-pd
Perceived Health	45.66 (18.85)		1	0.24^a	–0.09	0.16^a	0.18^a	0.11
Occ. Balance	1.95 (0.49)	0.92	–	1	0.22^a	0.27^a	0.48^a	0.44^a
Conc OVal	14.29 (2.25)	0.69	–	–	1	0.43^a	0.37^a	0.75^a
SocSymb OVal	8.78 (1.64)	0.58	–	–	–	1	0.47^a	0.73^a
SelfRewa OVal	17.06 (3.18)	0.82	–	–	–	–	1	0.86^a
Total Oval-pd	40.13 (5.61)	0.88	–	–	–	–	–	1

^a Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).

Figure 1. A CHAID decision CRT used to identify predictors of perceived health.