Table 1 Description of the police sample
From: An exploration of job stress and health in the Norwegian police service: a cross sectional study
Frequency | Per cent | Per cent total police population in Norway | Significance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Women | 501 | 15.7 | 17.9 | χ2 = 4.6 * |
Men | 2,692 | 84.3 | |||
Age (years) | Total sample (102 did not answer) | 3,170 | |||
20–29 | 509 | 16.1 | |||
30–39 | 1,175 | 37.1 | |||
40–49 | 1,047 | 33.0 | |||
50–59 | 430 | 13.6 | |||
Marital status | Single | 342 | 10.6 | ||
Married/common law | 2,715 | 84.3 | |||
Separated/divorced | 164 | 5.1 | |||
Rank | Upper management | 96 | 2.9 | 9.6 | χ2 = 144.3*** |
Middle management | 1,034 | 31.7 | 32.3 | χ2 = ns | |
Non-management | 2,128 | 65.3 | 58.1 | χ2 = 49.3*** | |
Service | Rural police districts | 870 | 26.6 | 23.0 | χ2 = 24.3 *** |
Urban police districts | 2,399 | 73.4 | 77.0 | ||
Main task | Investigation | 1,379 | 43.4 | ||
Uniformed policing | 1,286 | 40.5 | |||
Administration | 513 | 16.1 | |||
Inhabitants | > 50,000 | 1,626 | 51.2 | ||
20,000 – 50,000 | 648 | 20.4 | |||
5,000 – 20,000 | 728 | 22.9 | |||
< 5,000 | 175 | 5.5 |