Mental Health of Elementary Schoolteachers in Southern Brazil: Working Conditions and Health Consequences

Table 4

Correlation between the main self-reported working conditions and biopsychosocial consequences for the health of teachers.

Stressful working conditions	Anxiety		Headache		Stress		Waking up several times during the night		Irritability
	ρ	value	ρ	value	ρ	value	ρ	value	ρ	value
Inadequate salary	−0.06	0.72	−0.16	0.32	0.39	0.01	0.13	0.43	−0.02	0.89
Inadequate or insufficient work material	−0.19	0.26	−0.16	0.33	−0.22	0.18	−0.04	0.78	0.04	0.78
Size of the classroom inadequate for the number of students	0.12	0.46	0.06	0.71	0.21	0.19	−0.25	0.13	0.01	0.91
Excessive activities	0.38	0.01	0.03	0.85	0.22	0.18	−0.19	0.26	0.19	0.26
Taking work home	0.08	0.63	0.12	0.46	−0.19	0.24	0.15	0.35	0.17	0.30