Statistics Norway

Survey of level of living, working environment

14   Psychosocial work environment: jobdemands, role conflicts, control and managing by sex and occupation, level 1. Women. 2006. Percent.
  All Educational work Nursery Legislators, senior officials and managers Professionals Technicians and associate professionals Clerks Service workers and shop and marked sales workers Agriculture and fishery workers Craft and related trades workers Plant and machine operators and assemblers Other, unidentified
Jobdemands                        
Employees                        
who must work at a high pace daily 40 38 38 46 38 38 49 37 37 42 37 39
who dont't have time to carry out work properly 26 35 39 30 28 26 28 29 25 22 20 26
have too much to do and have to skip lunch daily 11 23 7 17 14 11 6 10 12 6 9 7
who must work face to faace or in telephone contact with clients, half of the time or more 49 82 80 57 45 56 50 78 12 30 37 42
who must respond to strong feelings from clients, to a high degree 12 36 71 12 17 12 11 21 5 3 7 9
who daily must perform tasks without god nok opplæring 3 4 2 2 3 2 3 4 0 3 3 3
who feels often or always that the job demands that you learn new skills 50 71 48 57 71 63 35 40 28 45 26 40
who feels that work often or always disturbs familylife 19 21 22 29 25 21 11 15 27 13 17 16
Role conflicts / expectations                        
Employees                        
who often or always must do things they feel should have been done differently 13 17 28 11 14 15 12 15 8 11 13 13
who often or always get assignments without enough resources 10 27 12 7 12 10 7 10 8 10 10 10
who often or always receive contradicting enquiries from persons 9 14 27 8 9 9 10 11 7 8 5 10
who often or always has tasks that og against personal values 3 3 4 2 3 2 3 4 4 4 3 4
Control                        
Employees                        
who can set work pace by himsef, to a great extent 61 50 44 73 62 64 59 52 59 65 52 57
who daily can decide when to do own work, and at wich pace 42 38 29 56 48 48 34 34 55 40 29 39
who can determine own work tasks, to a great extent 36 38 28 61 43 39 30 35 33 29 15 30
who can organize own work, to a great extent 68 77 47 85 78 69 62 62 65 68 52 57
who has flexible working hours 40 29 9 63 74 58 26 25 26 19 16 35
Employees who most of the time                        
who can decide when to take a break 86 64 76 94 94 93 77 77 75 89 78 76
who has repetitive work tasks 42 22 32 25 27 36 61 45 60 45 70 49
who can put own or other peoples lives or health at risk if mistakes are made 25 9 61 11 12 20 18 20 26 39 54 21
Managing                        
Employees                        
who can influence decisions that are important for themselves, to a great extent 57 41 44 84 66 60 44 47 43 55 39 50
who are satisfied with the quality of the work they do, to a great extent 91 85 80 94 93 92 89 89 93 94 91 83
who are satisfied with the workload they do, to a great extent 83 75 83 82 79 82 86 84 77 85 90 80
who are satisfied with their ability to solve problems, to a great extent 89 89 93 94 91 94 87 87 87 89 86 80
Number of respondents 4 771  225 44  657  585  915  230  508 54  834  506  213
Number of respondents 5 236  229 44  677  633  977  237  536  177  934  562  230

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