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Table 2 Sample characteristics based on working conditions

From: Breaking the cycle: how Spain’s dependency care system creates occupational inequalities in geriatric nursing assistants and the need for reform

  

Public

Subsidized

Private

p-value*

Irregular task distribution

Never or only once

24 (45.3%)

42 (34.1%)

35 (20.8%)

0.004

 

Sometimes

14 (26.4%)

40 (32.5%)

54 (32.1%)

 
 

Many times or always

15 (28.3%)

41 (33.3%)

79 (47.0%)

 

Enough time to do your job

Many times or always

23 (43.4%)

37 (30.1%)

32 (19.0%)

< 0.001

 

Sometimes

18 (34.0%)

48 (39.0%)

55 (32.7%)

 
 

Never or only once

12 (22.6%)

38 (30.9%)

81 (48.2%)

 

Need to be at work and at home

Never or only once

30 (56.6%)

57 (46.3%)

71 (42.3%)

0.475

 

Sometimes

12 (22.6%)

31 (25.2%)

46 (27.4%)

 
 

Many times or always

11 (20.8%)

35 (28.5%)

51 (30.4%)

 

Job interference to housework

Never or only once

28 (52.8%)

50 (40.7%)

56 (33.3%)

0.112

 

Sometimes

8 (15.1%)

28 (22.8%)

36 (21.4%)

 
 

Many times or always

17 (32.1%)

45 (36.6%)

76 (45.2%)

 

Dealing with people’s problems

Never or only once

24 (45.3%)

55 (44.7%)

73 (43.5%)

0.967

 

Sometimes

13 (24.5%)

28 (22.8%)

36 (21.4%)

 
 

Many times or always

16 (30.2%)

40 (32.5%)

59 (35.1%)

 

Work very fast

Never or only once

10 (18.9%)

14 (11.4%)

16 (9.5%)

0.012

 

Sometimes

7 (13.2%)

25 (20.3%)

14 (8.3%)

 
 

Many times or always

36 (67.9%)

84 (68.3%)

138 (82.1%)

 

Influence over decisions in work

Never or only once

28 (52.8%)

62 (50.4%)

88 (52.4%)

0.840

 

Sometimes

11 (20.8%)

35 (28.5%)

42 (25.0%)

 
 

Many times or always

14 (26.4%)

26 (21.1%)

38 (22.6%)

 

Influence over how you do your job

Never or only once

22 (41.5%)

38 (30.9%)

70 (41.7%)

0.423

 

Sometimes

16 (30.2%)

44 (35.8%)

51 (30.4%)

 
 

Many times or always

15 (28.3%)

41 (33.3%)

47 (28.0%)

 

Job emotionally exhausting overall

Not at all/to a small extent

5 (9.4%)

6 (4.9%)

8 (4.8%)

0.031

 

To some extent

10 (18.9%)

25 (20.3%)

15 (8.9%)

 
 

To a large extent or largely

38 (71.7%)

92 (74.8%)

145 (86.3%)

 

Pace of work high throughout the day

Not at all/to a small extent

10 (18.9%)

8 (6.5%)

11 (6.5%)

< 0.001

 

To some extent

4 (7.5%)

25 (20.3%)

7 (4.2%)

 
 

To a large extent or largely

39 (73.6%)

90 (73.2%)

150 (89.3%)

 

Physical job demands

0–25%

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.8%)

1 (0.6%)

0.747

 

26–50%

1 (1.9%)

1 (0.8%)

1 (0.6%)

 
 

51–75%

8 (15.1%)

24 (19.5%)

22 (13.1%)

 
 

76–100%

44 (83.0%)

97 (78.9%)

144 (85.7%)

 
  1. *Bold values indicate statistically significant chi-square tests