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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of N = 374 female cleaning professionals in Norway (1999)

From: The impact of psychosocial and organizational working conditions on the mental health of female cleaning personnel in Norway

 

N

%

Age

  

≤30

57

16.1

31–39

78

22.0

40–49

118

33.2

50–59

78

22.0

60 +

24

6.8

Missing

19

5.1

Total

355

100.0

Work experience (years)

  

0–4

104

28.3

5–14

147

40.1

15+

116

31.6

Missing

7

1.9

Total

367

100.0

Working time

  

Full-time

319

85.3

Part-time

55

14.7

Total

374

100.0

Family status

  

Single

100

26.7

Not single (married/cohabitating)

274

73.3

Total

374

100.0

Ethnicity

  

Not ethnic Norwegian

50

13.7

Ethnic Norwegian

316

86.3

Missing

8

2.1

Total

366

100.0

Work organisational factors:

  

Working alone/in a pair/in a team

  

Working alone

277

77.2

Working in a pair

46

12.8

Working in a team

36

10.0

Missing

15

4.0

Total

359

100.0

Contact with colleagues at the workplace

  

Every day

205

55.9

Every week/minimum once a month

74

20.2

More seldom/never

88

24.0

Missing

7

1.2

Total

367

100.0

Contact with manager at the workplace

  

Every day

58

15.9

Every week/minimum once a month

219

59.8

More seldom/never

89

24.3

Missing

8

2.1

Total

366

100.0