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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2014 Dec 11;0:99–109. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.12.015

Table 1. Descriptive Statistics of Respondents, IT Employees at TOMO.

Total (N = 429) Men (N = 290) Women (N = 139)



Mean/% Std. Dev. Mean/% Std. Dev. Mean/% Std. Dev.
Outcomes
  No Fast Food Consumption 81% 83 % 76 % +
  Exercise At least Some Time 84% 85% 83%
Focal Explanatory Variables
Respondent Work Conditions
  Work Hours 46.25 6.56 46.44 6.65 45.83 6.38
  Respondent Schedule Control (1-5) 3.6 0.68 3.61 0.67 3.59 0.69
Spouse Work Conditions
  Spouse Employed 80% 76% 90% ***
  Spouse Work Hours (n = 344) 40.47 12.99 37.7 13.18 45.33 11.13 ***
  Spouse Schedule Flexibility (1-4) (n = 343) 3.33 0.7 3.33 0.72 3.32 0.66
Couple Work Conditions
  Respondent Sole Breadwinner (spouse not working) 20% 24% 10% ***
  Moderate Commitments (both < 45) 18% 20% 16%
  Respondent Primary Breadwinner (R >= 45, spouse < 45) 31% 34% 25% +
  Spouse Primary or Equal Breadwinner (R < 45, spouse >= 45) 11% 7% 18% ***
  High commitments (both >= 45) 20% 14% 31% ***
Covariates
  Age 46.01 8.72 46.17 9.01 45.68 8.1
  Race/Ethnicity
   Non-Hispanic White 68% 69% 66%
   Asian (Asian Indian, Other Asian, and Pacific Islander) 22% 24% 19%
   Black, Hispanic, and More than One Race 9% 7% 15% **
  Children at Home
    No children at home 33% 32% 36%
   Youngest child at home < 6 23% 26% 17% *
   Youngest child at home >= 6 44% 42% 47%
  Respondent does Care for Adult Relatives 22% 18% 29% **
  Respondent College Educated 80% 84% 71% ***
  Respondent Yearly Income 92279.95 19565 95212 19331 86163 18679 ***
  Interviewed after Merger Announcement 47% 47% 47%
  Physical Functioning (0-100) 94.48 12.29 94.9 11.39 93.61 14
  Psychological Distress (6-30) 10.73 3.23 10.36 2.9 11.5 3.72 ***
  Spouse Physical Health Symptoms (5-25) 9.59 0.84 9.57 0.86 9.65 0.81
  Spouse Psychological Distress (6-30) 10 3.22 10.09 3.26 9.82 3.15

Notes: 1. TOMO is a pseudonym for a Fortune 500 company with a large IT workforce.

2. The last column reports t-test results comparing gender differences.

***

p<0.001,

**

p<0.01,

*

p<0.05,

+

p<0.1