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Table 3 Descriptive statistics of the components in the Effort-reward model. Estimated mean and standard error (SE) of Effort, Reward, Overcommitment, and ERI ratio according to gender, age, education, and occupation group.

From: Effort-reward imbalance and overcommitment in employees in a Norwegian municipality: a cross sectional study

  

Effort

Reward

Over-commitment

ERI

  

Estimated mean

SE

Estimated mean

SE

Estimated mean

SE

Estimated mean

SE

Percent with high score (> 1)

χ2

Total

 

11.7

4.2

47.8

6.5

12.1

3.4

0.6

0.3

5.4 (n = 96)

 

Gender

Men

11.1

0.3

47.5

0.5

11.6

0.2

0.5

0.0

6.6 (n = 24)

1.2

 

Women

10.8

0.3

48.3

0.4

11.8

0.2

0.5

0.0

5.2 (n = 72)

 

Age

-29

10.2a

0.5

47.9

0.8

11.9

0.4

0.5

0.0

3.6 (n = 3)

3.7

 

30–39

10.8

0.3

48.0

0.5

11.8

0.3

0.5

0.0

4.1 (n = 14)

 
 

40–49

11.3

0.3

47.7

0.4

11.5

0.2

0.5

0.0

5.3 (n = 28)

 
 

50–59

11.6a

0.3

47.3

0.4

11.9

0.2

0.6

0.0

6.8 (n = 38)

 
 

60-

10.9

0.3

48.5

0.5

11.4

0.3

0.5

0.0

5.3 (n = 13)

 

Education

Comprehensive school

10.7

0.4

48.7

0.6

11.5

0.3

0.5

0.0

3.8 (n = 5)

1.0

 

Secondary/vocational school

10.5

0.3

47.4

0.4

11.6

0.2

0.5

0.0

5.8 (n = 39)

 
 

College degree

11.0

0.3

47.6

0.5

11.9

0.3

0.5

0.0

5.6 (n = 45)

 
 

Higher university degree

11.7

0.4

47.8

0.7

11.9

0.4

0.6

0.0

4.6 (n = 7)

 

Occupation groups

Low-skilled blue-collar

10.7a

0.6

48.0

0.9

11.1a

0.5

0.5

0.0

4.8 (n = 3)

2.6

 

High-skilled blue-collar

9.9b

0.7

47.9

1.0

11.6

0.5

0.5

0.0

0 (n = 0)

 
 

Low-skilled white-collar

10.9c

0.3

47.3

0.4

11.6b

0.2

0.5

0.0

5.6 (n = 37)

 
 

High-skilled white-collar

12.3abc

0.2

48.4

0.4

12.5ab

0.2

0.6

0.0

5.6 (n = 56)

 
  1. Note: Values with same letter are significantly different at the 0.05 level.