Table 1 Study sample: socio-demographic and occupational characteristics
From: COPSOQ III in Germany: validation of a standard instrument to measure psychosocial factors at work
Feature | Sample of COPSOQ-database 2015–2020 (n = 257,236) | National statisticsb | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Category | Frequencya | Percenta | Percent | |
Gender | male | 129,181 | 51.7 | 53.4 |
female | 120,916 | 48.3 | 46.6 | |
Age groups | up to 24 | 15,634 | 6.2 | 9.5 |
25–34 | 57,022 | 22.5 | 20.2 | |
35–44 | 60,181 | 23.8 | 20.7 | |
45–54 | 75,552 | 29.9 | 26.2 | |
55 and more | 44,702 | 17.7 | 23.5 | |
Fixed-term contract | yes | 20,034 | 13.0 | 8.9 |
no | 133,762 | 87.0 | 91.1 | |
Full-time work | yes | 175,088 | 73.9 | 70.2 |
no | 61,918 | 26.1 | 29.8 | |
Working evening or night (≥ once/week) | yes | 66,711 | 25.9 | – |
no | 84,428 | 32.8 | – | |
Working weekend or holiday (≥ once/month) | yes | 59,812 | 44.1 | – |
no | 85,479 | 55.9 | – | |
Supervisor position | yes | 40,850 | 19.8 | – |
no | 165,470 | 80.2 | – | |
Occupational areas (KldB2010) | Agriculture, forestry, farming, and gardening | 5372 | 2.1 | – |
Production of raw materials and goods, and manufacturing | 49,667 | 19.3 | – | |
Construction, architecture, surveying and technical building services | 15,648 | 6.1 | – | |
Natural sciences, geography and informatics | 9717 | 3.8 | – | |
Traffic, logistics, safety and security | 33,423 | 13.0 | – | |
Commercial services, trading, sales, the hotel business and tourism | 31,389 | 12.2 | – | |
Business organisation, accounting, law and administration | 53,859 | 20.9 | – | |
Health care, the social sector, teaching and education | 50,245 | 19.5 | – | |
Philology, literature, humanities, social sciences, economics, media, art, culture, and design | 7916 | 3.1 | – | |