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. 2013 May 3;10(5):1815–1830. doi: 10.3390/ijerph10051815

Table 3.

Top 5 stress coping behaviors and demographic and work characteristics.

Characteristic Right Amount of Sleep Support From Family Listen to Music Use Humor Watch Television
% (n) p % (n) p % (n) p % (n) p % (n) p
Age (years) 0.223 * 0.593 * 0.229 * 0.881 0.089 *
20–30 87.5 (14) 75.0 (12) 75.0 (12) 50.0 (8) 93.8 (15)
≥31–40 71.4 (10) 78.6 (11) 64.3 (9) 50.0 (7) 71.4 (10)
>40 61.9 (13) 61.9 (13) 47.6 (10) 57.1 (12) 61.9 (13)
Education (years) 0.818 0.912 0.265 0.788 0.818
<12 73.3 (22) 70.0 (21) 63.3 (19) 46.7 (14) 73.3 (22)
≥12 76.2 (16) 71.4 (15) 47.6 (10) 42.9 (9) 76.2 (16)
Total number in household 0.445 0.928 0.626 0.458 0.279
≤5 78.3 (18) 73.9 (17) 56.5 (13) 56.5 (13) 68.3 (18)
>5 68.2 (15) 72.7 (16) 63.6 (14) 45.5 (10) 63.6 (14)
Income in past year (monthly) 0.018 0.034 * 0.371 0.695 0.272 *
<$1,000 65.0 (26) 60.0 (24) 62.5 (25) 50.0 (20) 80.0 (32)
≥$1,000 94.4 (17) 88.9 (16) 50.0 (9) 55.6 (10) 66.7 (12)
Time in U.S. (years) 0.313 0.975 0.685 0.233 0.991
≤5 80.0 (28) 68.6 (24) 60.0 (21) 57.1 (20) 77.1 (27)
>5 68.2 (15) 68.2 (15) 54.6 (12) 40.9 (9) 77.3 (17)
Hours worked (daily) in past year 0.264 0.088 0.491 0.940 0.264
<8 64.3 (9) 50.0 (7) 50.0 (7) 50.0 (7) 64.3 (9)
≥8 79.1 (34) 74.3 (32) 60.5 (26) 51.3 (22) 79.1 (34)
Part of previous year worked 0.946 0.235 0.515 0.851 0.226 *
All or most 62.5 (15) 79.2 (19) 66.7 (16) 54.2 (13) 83.3 (20)
≤half 74.2 (23) 64.5 (20) 58.1 (18) 51.6 (16) 67.7 (21)

* Fisher exact test used due to small cell sizes (chi-square test used for all others).