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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study sample

From: The new workplace II: protocol for a prospective full-panel registry study of work factors, sickness absence, and exit from working life among Norwegian employees

 

Respondent who provided consent to use registry data (n = 14,501)

N

%

Age

 <30

1828

12.6

 30–39

4072

28.1

 40–49

4375

30.2

 50–59

3300

22.8

 ≥60

926

6.4

Gender

 Male

6425

44.3

 Female

8076

55.7

Marital status

 Not married

1818

16.2

 Married

6119

54.6

 Cohabiting

2332

20.8

 Widowed

89

0.8

 Divorced

664

5.9

 Separated

180

1.6

Educational level

 <9 years

390

3.8

 10–12 years

3304

32.5

 13–16 years

4423

43.5

 16 years<

2043

20.1

Employment

 Regular full time employment

10,693

91

 Time-limited contract

631

5.4

 On call staff/

352

3.0

 Other

70

0.6

Classification of occupation

 Legislators, senior officials and managers

1222

8.8

 Professionals

3971

28.8

 Technicians and associate professionals

3799

27.5

 Clerks

762

5.5

 Service workers and shop and market sales workers

3245

23.5

 Craft and related trades workers

425

3.1

 Plant and machine operators and assemblers

50

0.4

 Elementary occupations

135

1.0

 Armed forces and unspecified

199

1.4

Work schedule

 Fixed day-time arrangement

6232

44.9

 Flexible working-time arrangement

4451

32.1

 Fixed evening-arrangement

291

2.1

 Fixed night-time arrangement

151

1.1

 Shift work arrangement

2719

19.6

Leadership responsibility

 No

8381

79.6

 Yes, middle-level manager

1892

18

 Yes, top-level manager

258

2.4