Vocational education, self-employment and burnout among Australian workers

Australian Journal of Social Issues, Autumn, 2009 by Joanna Sikora, Lawrence J. Saha

Appendix Table 1. Descriptive Statistics

                                    Std
                           Mean     Dev    Minimum   Maximum    N

Burnout scale              38.95   14.67      0        85      849
Work-related stress
  scale                    33.67   18.54      0       100      847

Age                        43.19   11.46     20        70      862
Gender                      0.47    0.50      0         1      870
Education in years         12.77    2.80      2        18      868
Skilled Vocational
  Qual (ABSCQ)              0.16    0.37      0         1      865
Basic Vocational
  Qual (ABSCQ)              0.07    0.25      0         1      865

Occupational status
  (0 =farm labourer;
  100=Professional)        54.78   26.13     14       100      855
Supervises at work          0.41    0.49      0         1      837

Unskilled Self-employed     0.03    0.16      0         1      876
Skilled Self-employed       0.05    0.22      0         1      876
Professional
  Self-employed             0.12    0.33      0         1      876

Full-time government
  employee                  0.15    0.36      0         1      817
Part-time government
  employee                  0.04    0.20      0         1      817
Full-time in private
  sector                    0.37    0.48      0         1      817
Part-time in private
  sector                    0.21    0.41      0         1      817

Source: IsssA 2001

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