Table 1.
The correlation between the three-level resilience and demographic variables
| Variables |
n/% (n = 2098) |
BRCS Mean(SD) |
Resilience tertile | χ2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low(4–15) (n = 492) |
Medium(16–17) (n = 790) |
High(18–20) (n = 816) |
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| Gender | 2.32 | ||||||
| Male | 1036(49.4) | 16.9(± 2.3) | 229(46.6%) | 391(49.5%) | 416(51.0%) | ||
| Female | 1062(50.6) | 16.6(± 2.4) | 263(53.4%) | 399(50.5%) | 400(49.0%) | ||
| Age | 8.05 | ||||||
| 15–24 | 309(14.7) | 16.7(± 2.3) | 77(15.7%) | 113(14.3%) | 119(14.6%) | ||
| 25–44 | 742(35.4) | 16.9(± 2.3) | 159(32.4%) | 288(36.5%) | 295(36.1%) | ||
| 45–64 | 720(34.3) | 16.8(± 2.4) | 163(33.0%) | 267(33.8%) | 290(35.6%) | ||
| ≧ 65 | 327(15.6) | 16.3(± 2.3) | 93(18.9%) | 122(15.4%) | 112(13.7%) | ||
| Education | 7.79 | ||||||
| Below senior high | 1020(48.6) | 16.6(± 2.5) | 244(49.7%) | 406(51.3%) | 370(45.3%) | ||
| Associate/bachelor’s | 937(44.7) | 17.0(± 2.3) | 210(42.6%) | 334(42.4%) | 393(48.2%) | ||
| Graduate degree | 141(6.7) | 16.6(± 2.6) | 38(7.7%) | 50(6.3%) | 53(6.5%) | ||
| Job | 14.32* | ||||||
| White collar | 667(31.8) | 16.9(± 2.4) | 142(28.9%) | 242(30.6%) | 283(34.7%) | ||
| Blue collar | 565(26.9) | 16.9(± 2.2) | 116(23.6%) | 223(28.2%) | 226(27.7%) | ||
| Student | 226(10.8) | 16.5(± 2.4) | 64(13.0%) | 81(10.2%) | 81(9.9%) | ||
| Unemployed | 640(30.5) | 16.4(± 2.6) | 170(34.5%) | 244(31.0%) | 226(27.7%) | ||
| Marriage | 22.28** | ||||||
| Married | 1314(62.7) | 16.9(± 2.4) | 267(54.2%) | 524(66.3%) | 523(64.1%) | ||
| Single | 711(33.9) | 16.6(± 2.4) | 201(40.9%) | 247(31.3%) | 263(32.2%) | ||
|
Divorced, windowed, and separation |
73(3.5) | 16.2(± 3.0) | 24(4.9%) | 19(2.4%) | 30(3.7%) | ||
*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01; SD: standard deviation, BRCS: Brief Resilient Coping Scale