Skip to main content
. 2012 Sep 8;12:309. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-309

Table 1.

Characteristics of study respondents, by sex (N = 791)

Variables Men (N = 173)
Women (N = 618)
 
 
Mean (N) SD (%) Mean (N) SD (%) t/X2 p
Age (years)
35.8
7.5
35.1
9.0
0.83
0.408
Educational level (years)
16.5
2.3
14.1
1.7
15.27
<0.001***
Marital status
 
 
 
 
−1.83
0.068
  Married
79
(46)
273
(44)
 
 
  Unmarried
61
(35)
193
(31)
 
 
  Other
1
(1)
26
(4)
 
 
Life event
 
 
 
 
0.73
0.466
  No
111
(64)
442
(72)
 
 
  Yes
14
(8)
44
(7)
 
 
Alcohol drinking
 
 
 
 
7.70
<0.001***
  No
103
(60)
478
(77)
 
 
  Yes
22
(13)
8
(2)
 
 
Smoking
 
 
 
 
11.26
<0.001***
  No
95
(55)
484
(78)
 
 
  Yes
31
(18)
4
(1)
 
 
Hypnotics use
 
 
 
 
−0.17
0.869
  No
123
(71)
479
(76)
 
 
  Yes
3
(2)
13
(2)
 
 
Leader
 
 
 
 
5.36
<0.001***
  No
144
(83)
588
(95)
 
 
  Yes
29
(17)
30
(5)
 
 
ERI
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Effort
14.55
0.47
16.08
0.23
−2.66
0.003**
  Reward
27.09
0.29
26.03
0.15
3.07
0.002**
  Salary
1.65
0.09
1.94
0.06
−2.42
0.016*
  Esteem
10.18
0.18
10.29
0.10
−0.48
0.634
  Social Status Control
15.25
0.21
13.81
0.11
5.66
<0.001***
  Overcommitment
16.04
0.22
16.22
0.11
−0.73
0.46
  ER ratio
0.99
0.03
1.15
0.02
−3.92
<0.001***
GHQ
1.58
0.20
1.87
0.10
−1.36
0.19
WHOQOL-BREF
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Physical
25.4
0.43
25.5
0.16
−0.34
0.74
  Psychological
19.7
0.34
19.5
0.15
0.76
0.45
  Social
13.6
0.20
13.8
0.09
−1.21
0.23
  Environmental 29.9 0.41 30.0 0.21 −0.18 0.85

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.