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Table 1 Sample description

From: Cross-cultural adaptation of the Job Insecurity Scale (JIS) in Brazil and cross-national analysis of Job Insecurity effects in Brazil and Spain

  

Age

Contract type

 

n (%)

Mean (SD)

Temporary workers (%)

Permanent workers (%)

Brazil and Spain

    

Men

445 (38.20%)

32.36 (11.63)

191 (33.81%)

254 (42.33%)

Women

720 (61.80%)

33.04 (10.73)

374 (66.19%)

346 (57.66%)

Total

1165

32.78 (11.08)

565 (48.50%)

600 (51.50%)

Sample comparison between countries

χ2 = 22.84**

t = 13.19**

χ2 = 71.9**

 

Only Brazil

    

Men

259 (45.20%)

29.07 (8.85)

90 (43.90%)

169 (45.92%)

Women

314 (54.80%)

28.4 (8.81)

115 (56.10%)

199 (54.08%)

Total

573 (49.18%)

28.71 (8.83)

205 (35.78%)

368 (64.22%)

Only Spain

    

Men

186 (31.42%)

36.87 (13.38)

101 (28.06%)

85 (36.64%)

Women

406 (68.58%)

36.59 (10.72)

259 (71.94%)

147 (63.36%)

Total

592 (50.82%)

36.68 (11.61)

360 (60.81%)

232 (31.19%)

  1. **(p < .01)