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Table 1 Descriptive analysis of sociodemographics, work-related stress, and resilience

From: Perceived stress of mental demands at work, objective stress and resilience – an analysis of the LIFE-Adult-study

 

Sample under investigation (n = 480)

Sociodemographic characteristics

Age (range: 26–66)

49.1 (SD: 9.3)

Gender

 

male

female

276 (57.5%)

204 (42.5%)

Income (household), €1

 

< 2000

2000–3000

3000–4000

4000–5000

> 5000

refused to answer

16 (3.2%)

59 (12.3%)

127 (26.5%)

82 (17.1%)

103 (21.5%)

93 (19.4%)

 

Education (CASMIN)

 
 

low/middle1

high

285 (59.4%)

195 (40.6%)

 

Occupation

 
 

Full-time

Part-time

410 (85.4%)

70 (14.6%)

Assessments

Trier Inventory of Chronic Stress (TICS)2

 

Chronic Stress, range: 0–42

Work Overload, range: 0–19

Work Discontent, range: 0–27

12.1 (SD: 7.6)

4.2 (SD: 3.3)

8.2 (SD: 4.8)

 

Resilience, range: 12–773

60.9 (SD: 10.0)

  1. Note: 1less than 2% were categorized as “low”; 2 higher values indicating higher stress/overload/discontent; 3 higher values indicating greater resilience