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Table 1 Descriptive statistics and correlations between life stress and work stress (dependent variables) and organizational practices, perceptions and preferences (independent variables)

From: Health and safety matters! Associations between organizational practices and personal support workers’ life and work stress in Ontario, Canada

Variables

M (SD)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

1. Life stress

2.908 (.860)

-

         

2. Work stress

2.954 (.912)

0.507

-

        

3. Full-time hours

.593 (.491)

0.001

0.058

-

       

4. Guaranteed hours

.406 (.491)

0.018

0.021

0.190

-

      

5. Organizational support

20.823 (4.570)

0.242

0.306

0.025

0.070

0.81

     

6. Supervisor support

24.859 (6.700)

0.174

0.263

0.024

0.065

0.710

0.94

    

7. Peer Support

13.645 (3.434)

0.113

0.100

0.089

0.146

0.428

0.457

0.85

   

8. Prefer more hours

.509 (.500)

0.046

0.055

0.269

0.245

0.008

0.026

0.073

   

9. Prefer same hours

.415 (.493)

0.036

0.035

0.199

0.226

0.084

0.077

0.108

0.858

  

10. Prefer less hours

.0758 (.265)

0.153

0.170

0.138

0.043

0.142

0.094

0.063

0.292

0.241

 
  1. Note: Cronbach’s α values are presented in italics along the diagonal. Correlation coefficients at the .05 or lower level of significance are in bold. n = 1543