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. 2015 Aug 5;10(8):e0131734. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131734

Table 1. Descriptive statistics by gender.

Total Male Female p value a
Background factors
Gender 807(100) 302(37.4) 505(62.6)
Age group (years) 0.002
< 20 42(5.2) 15(5.0) 27(5.3)
20–29 307(38) 137(45.4) 170(33.7)
30–39 325(40.3) 98(32.5) 227(45.0)
≥ 40 133(16.5) 52(17.1) 81(16.0)
Highest education level attained <0.001
Primary 53(6.6) 9(3.0) 44(8.7)
Junior high school 499(61.8) 155(51.3) 344(68.1)
Senior high school 218(27.0) 119(39.4) 99(19.6)
Bachelor degree or higher 37(4.6) 19(6.3) 18(3.6)
Current marital status 0.001
Single 233(28.9) 110(36.5) 123(24.4)
Divorced/ widowed 16(2.0) 7(2.3) 9(1.8)
Married 558(69.1) 185(61.2) 373(73.8)
Type of worker 0.063
Production line 759(94.1) 277(91.7) 482(95.4)
Office 22(2.7) 13(4.3) 22(2.7)
Others 26(3.2) 12(4.0) 26(3.2)
Working hours (per week) 0.020
≤48 244(30.2) 75(24.8) 169(33.5)
49–60 302(37.4) 113(37.4) 189(37.4)
61–69 68(8.4) 35(11.6) 33(6.5)
70–75 106(13.1) 45(14.9) 61(12.1)
≥76 87(10.8) 34(11.3) 53(10.5)
Psychosocial factors
Perceived Social Support Scale (Mean, SD) 5.7(1.37) 5.55(1.43) 5.79(1.33) 0.015
Workload Subscale score (Job stress) (Mean, SD) 17.57(7.99) 19.15(8.20) 16.63(7.72) <0.001
Physical activity level (moderate/vigorous) 0.060
None 289(35.8) 99(32.8) 190 (37.6)
≤0.5 hr/week 273(33.8) 91(30.1) 182(36.0)
0.5–1 hr/week 135(16.7) 59(19.5) 76(15.0)
1–1.5 hr/week 27(3.3) 13(4.3) 14(2.8)
1.5–2 hr/week 20(2.5) 11(3.6) 9(1.8)
2–2.5 hr/week 27(3.3) 14(4.6) 13(2.6)
>2.5 hr/week 36(4.5) 15(5.0) 21(4.2)

a Statistical test: t test for continuous variable and χ2 test for categorical variables were used to analyze the gender differences.