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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the initial (N = 2003) and final study sample (N = 1249) a

From: The impact of conscientiousness, mastery, and work circumstances on subsequent absenteeism in employees with and without affective disorders

 

Initial sample b

Final sample

Total (working at t0)

Excluded

Included

p-value

Depr. and/or anx.

Healthy or lifetime

p-value

N = 2003

N = 754

N = 1249

excl-incl

N = 629

N = 620

Socio-demographics

 % female

65.3

63.8

66.2

.27

66.9

65.5

.59

 Age [18–65]

41.0 (11.9)

39.9 (12.6)

41.6 (11.3)

.002

41.0 (10.7)

42.2 (11.9)

.06

 Education in years [5–18]

12.5 (3.2)

12.0 (3.2)

12.9 (3.2)

<.001

12.6 (3.3)

13.2 (3.1)

<.001

 No.of chronic diseases [0–7]

0.8 (1.0)

0.9 (1.1)

0.7 (0.9)

.002

0.8 (0.9)

0.7 (0.9)

.02

 Number of working hours

29.7 (12.1)

28.2 (13.9)

30.5 (10.8)

<.001

30.4 (10.5)

30.6 (11.0)

.76

Depression and anxiety

 Severity of depression [0–85]

20.2 (13.7)

23.0 (14.2)

18.5 (13.1)

<.001

26.8 (11.8)

10.2 (8.1)

<.001

 Severity of anxiety [0–63]

11.3 (10.2)

13.2 (11.0)

10.1 (9.5)

<.001

15.3 (9.8)

4.9 (5.4)

<.001

 % Depressive disorder only

14.7

15.7

14.1

.34

28.0

n/a

 

 % Anxiety disorder only

17.6

18.3

17.2

.54

34.2

n/a

 

 % Comorbid disorder

23.7

31.4

19.1

<.001

37.8

n/a

 

Personality characteristics

 Mastery [5–25]

17.7 (4.4)

17.1 (4.5)

18.0 (4.4)

<.001

15.9 (4.1)

20.2 (3.5)

<.001

 Conscientiousness [12–60]

42.2 (6.4)

40.9 (6.6)

43.0 (6.2)

<.001

41.3 (6.3)

44.6 (5.6)

<.001

Work circumstances

 Job demands [0–1]

0.47 (0.34)

0.44 (0.35)

0.49 (0.34)

.03

0.50 (0.35)

0.47 (0.33)

.21

 Job control [0–1]

0.75 (0.30)

0.72 (0.32)

0.76 (0.30)

.07

0.71 (0.31)

0.79 (0.28)

<.001

 Job support [0–1]

0.70 (0.30)

0.70 (0.30)

0.70 (0.30)

.71

0.64 (0.31)

0.76 (0.28)

<.001

Absenteeism

 % long-term absenteeism [>10 days subsequent year]

18.4

20.0

18.2

.55

23.9

12.4

<.001

 Absence previous 6 months [0–130 working days]

15.2 (31.3)

19.5 (36.4)

12.5 (27.5)

<.001

20.4 (34.5)

4.6 (13.8)

<.001

 Absence during 1-year follow-up [0–260 working days]

10.5 (29.5)

10.5 (23.7)

10.5 (30.2)

.99

15.1 (38.1)

5.9 (18.3)

<.001

  1. a Numbers within [] are ranges, numbers within () are standard deviations
  2. b Excluded are employees who were not employed anymore at t1 and/or had missing data on absenteeism, personality characteristics and/or work circumstances