Table 4 Psychometric properties of PSS-10 amongst stone benchtop workers in whole sample and by gender, country of birth, interpreter use and language spoken at home

All participants

682 (100%)

0.878

0.882

0.751

142.42

4.19

-

0.068 (0.057–0.080)

0.988

0.984

0.022

By sex

 Male

633 (92.8%)

0.880

0.883

0.751

154.87

4.56

-

0.075 (0.063–0.087)

0.986

0.982

0.023

 Female

49 (7.2%)

0.859

0.856

0.729

34.44

1.01

-

0.016 (0.00-0.105)

0.999

0.999

0.059

Configural invariance

-

-

-

-

145.09

2.13

-

0.058 (0.045–0.071)

0.992

0.989

0.028

Metric Invariance

-

-

-

-

151.85

2.00

12.886 (8) p = 0.116

0.054 (0.041–0.067)

0.991

0.991

0.029

Scalar invariance

-

-

-

-

157.19

1.56

32.160 (33) p = 0.509

0.040 (0.028–0.052)

0.994

0.995

0.031

By country of birth

 Australia

352 (51.6%)

0.895

0.879

0.787

77.07

2.27

-

0.060 (0.42 − 0.078)

0.992

0.989

0.025

 Overseas

307 (45.0%)

0.860

0.877

0.720

96.49

2.84

-

0.077 (0.059–0.096)

0.983

0.977

0.030

 Not stated

23 (3.4%)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Configural invariance

-

-

-

-

179.84

2.64

-

0.071 (0.058–0.083)

0.988

0.984

0.027

Metric Invariance

-

-

-

-

195.85

2.58

22.469 (8) p = 0.004

0.069 (0.057–0.081)

0.987

0.984

0.029

Scalar invariance

-

-

-

-

243.90

2.35

81.428 (36) p < 0.001

0.064 (0.054–0.074)

0.985

0.987

0.033

By interpreter use

 Interpreter

69 (10.1%)

0.824

0.851

0.658

88.05

2.59

-

0.152 (0.113–0.191)

0.940

0.921

0.070

 No interpreter

522 (76.5%)

0.884

0.883

0.770

83.91

2.47

-

0.053 (0.039–0.067)

0.993

0.991

0.020

 Not stated

91 (13.3%)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

By language spoken at home

 English

486 (71.3%)

0.882

0.884

0.737

82.81

2.44

-

0.054 (0.40-0.069)

0.993

0.991

0.020

 Other

119 (17.5%)

0.869

0.874

0.762

102.03

3.00

-

0.130 (0.101–0.159)

0.948

0.931

0.054

 Not stated

77 (11.3%)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-