Table 1. Descriptive Statistics of Respondents, IT Employees at TOMO.
Total (N = 429) | Men (N = 290) | Women (N = 139) | |||||
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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.
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