Statistics Norway

Survey of level of living, working environment

15   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 44 47 52 49 34 43 37 44 : 48 50 47
who dont't have time to carry out work properly 31 39 39 30 27 29 24 33 : 23 21 30
have too much to do and have to skip lunch daily 8 19 9 15 7 7 3 6 : 7 6 6
who must work face to faace or in telephone contact with clients, half of the time or more 72 86 93 66 54 63 58 91 : 26 30 45
who must respond to strong feelings from clients, to a high degree 30 50 72 18 22 25 9 37 : : 3 8
who daily must perform tasks without god nok opplæring 3 5 5 3 2 3 2 2 : 2 2 2
who feels often or always that the job demands that you learn new skills 48 71 67 59 71 59 37 37 : 40 25 19
who feels that work often or always disturbs familylife 14 25 14 32 19 14 7 9 : 13 7 11
Role conflicts / expectations                        
Employees                        
who often or always must do things they feel should have been done differently 13 19 17 13 12 12 10 12 : 14 14 14
who often or always get assignments without enough resources 11 29 14 13 11 9 7 8 : 9 5 9
who often or always receive contradicting enquiries from persons 9 10 13 11 8 9 7 9 : 5 4 6
who often or always has tasks that og against personal values 4 3 6 3 3 3 3 5 : 2 5 3
Control                        
Employees                        
who can set work pace by himsef, to a great extent 45 38 27 60 52 51 51 39 : 53 47 55
who daily can decide when to do own work, and at wich pace 32 28 16 49 48 41 42 20 : 20 21 39
who can determine own work tasks, to a great extent 27 38 22 52 33 26 15 25 : 22 16 24
who can organize own work, to a great extent 59 75 56 80 65 59 51 52 : 53 33 62
who has flexible working hours 31 17 11 65 73 59 45 7 : 34 16 28
Employees who most of the time                        
who can decide when to take a break 69 43 52 88 89 88 82 58 : 86 62 73
who has repetitive work tasks 43 14 20 29 26 45 58 48 : 56 79 73
who can put own or other peoples lives or health at risk if mistakes are made 18 12 67 7 11 9 3 24 : 11 19 7
Managing                        
Employees                        
who can influence decisions that are important for themselves, to a great extent 43 44 40 75 50 44 40 39 : 39 30 40
who are satisfied with the quality of the work they do, to a great extent 90 91 87 94 91 91 91 88 : 89 92 88
who are satisfied with the workload they do, to a great extent 83 80 83 86 80 83 85 83 : 72 91 85
who are satisfied with their ability to solve problems, to a great extent 86 87 91 91 91 90 87 83 : 79 79 80
Number of respondents 4 541  506  329  268  446  716  400 1 439 18 60 78  281
Number of respondents 4 725  513  329  275  485  748  409 1 490 43 68 80  285

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