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Table 4 Psychosocial job stressors and self-rated health, female doctors, random and fixed effect regression models, adjusted for all variables, MABEL, 2001 to 2008

From: The relationship between working conditions and self-rated health among medical doctors: evidence from seven waves of the Medicine In Australia Balancing Employment and Life (Mabel) survey

 

Random effects model

Fixed effect model

 

Obs = 9083, ppl = 3691.

Obs = 542, ppl = 150.

 

OR

95% CI

p value

OR

95% CI

p value

Job demands

1

  

1

  

(1-low to 4-high)

1.36

1.10, 1.67

0.004

1.04

0.76, 1.42

0.819

Social support

1

  

1

  

(1-low to 4-high)

1.26

1.07, 1.49

0.005

1.02

0.81, 1.28

0.885

Job insecurity

1

  

1

  

(1-low to 4-high)

1.15

0.95, 1.40

0.162

1.08

0.81, 1.44

0.597

Job control

1

  

1

  

(1-low to 4-high)

1.16

.97, 1.40

0.109

1.09

0.83, 1.41

0.54

Rewards at work

1

  

1

  

(1-low to 4-high)

1.31

1.08, 1.60

0.007

1.32

0.98, 1.78

0.065

Work-life imbalance

1

  

1

  

(1-low to 4-high)

2.25

1.67, 3.01

< 0.001

1.50

1.03, 2.17

0.032

Family restrictions

1

  

1

  

(1-low to 4-high)

1.01

0.81, 1.26

0.95

0.89

0.64, 1.24

0.504

Workplace aggression

 No

1

  

1

  

 Yes

1

0.63, 1.59

0.989

0.98

0.57, 1.68

0.93

Working hours

 35–40

1

  

1

  

 Under 35

1.57

0.96, 2.58

0.074

2.02

1.01, 4.02

0.046

 Over 40

1.4

0.84, 2.34

0.199

1.26

0.61, 2.62

0.529

Age

1.31

1.01, 1.72

0.046

1.06

0.58, 1.95

0.851

On call working hours

 No

1

  

1

  

 Yes

0.71

0.47, 1.09

0.177

0.68

0.35, 1.34

0.272

Medical specialisation

 GP

1

     

 Specialist

0.9

0.54, 1.51

0.703

   

 Hospital non-specialist

0.85

0.36, 2.00

0.705

   

 Specialist-in-training

1.26

0.59, 2.73

0.55

   

Partner/spouse

 No

1

  

1

  

 Yes

0.39

0.22, 0.71

0.002

1.48

0.39, 5.74

0.570

Presence of children

 No

1

  

1

  

 Yes

0.78

0.36, 1.66

0.512

1.48

0.08, 27.9

0.793

  1. Notes: controls for cohort, year, and year medical degree was completed. Average waves included was 2.5 in the random effects model and 3.6 in the fixed effect model. OR = Odds Ratio; 95% CI = Confidence Intervals with 95% significance; p value = statistical significance set at 95%
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