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Table 2 Correlations between the variables, for the care aides (n = 58)

From: Identifying work ability promoting factors for home care aides and assistant nurses

 

Alpha

Scale

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

1. Age

.

.

          

2. Sex (men/women, %)

.

.

0.22

         

3. Seniority, years

.

.

0.48

0.23

        

4. Safety climate, overall

0.96

1-4

0.19

0.07

0.13

       

5. Psychosocial job demands

0.75

1-4

0.08

0.12

0.13

-0.43

      

6. Physical job demands

.

6-20

-0.05

0.01

-0.11

-0.29

0.60

     

7. Personal safety behaviour

0.85

1-7

0.14

0.10

-0.08

0.51

-0.23

-0.35

    

8. Degree of personal safety

0.76

1-5

-0.11

-0.18

-0.02

0.61

-0.41

-0.32

0.33

   

9. Self-efficacy

0.70

1-5

0.17

-0.09

0.15

0.44

-0.34

-0.42

0.26

0.40

  

10. Musculoskeletal wellbeing

0.74

1-5

0.16

-0.25

0.12

0.28

-0.22

-0.38

0.25

0.46

0.40

 

11. Work ability

0.73

3-17

-0.32

-0.13

0.11

0.27

-0.33

-0.31

0.17

0.36

0.38

0.28

  1. Pearson's correlations (2-tailed) are significant at the 0.01 level and at the 0.05 level.
  2. Dichotomous variable: Sex: Men = 1, women = 2.