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. 2015 Jul 1;3(3):493–499. doi: 10.3889/oamjms.2015.077

Table 7.

Relationship of demographic/job characteristics with the stress factor Limited or no access to training

Variable Limited or no access to training
Not applicable Occasionally stressful Stressful Very stressful
Gender
 Female 37 (18.97%) 24 (12.31%) 30 (15.38%) 104 (53.33%)
 Male 31 (29.52%) 14 (13.33%) 9 (8.57%) 51 (48.57%)
 Pearson chi-square: 1.9, df = 2, p = 0.39
Age
 Under 45 32 (38.55%) 18 (21.69%) 18 (21.69%) 15 (18.07%)
 45 + 36 (16.59%) 20 (9.22%) 21 (9.68%) 140 (64.52%)
 Pearson chi-square: 41.25, df = 2, p = 0.000000**, p < 0.01
Position in the working place
 Teacher Lower-grade 29 (21.48%) 19 (14.07%) 18 (13.33%) 69 (51.11%)
 Teacher Upper-grade 39 (23.64%) 19 (11.52%) 21 (12.73%) 86 (52.12%)
 Pearson chi-square: 0.37, df = 2, p = 0.8
The current job is the first job
 Yes 32 (18.39%) 26 (14.94%) 28 (16.09%) 88 (50.57%)
 No 36 (28.57%) 12 (9.52%) 11 (8.73%) 67 (53.17%)
 Pearson chi-square: 3.96, df = 2, p = 0.14
Level of education
 High 50 (31.45%) 13 (8.18%) 18 (11.32%) 78 (49.06%)
 University 18 (12.77%) 25 (17.73%) 21 (14.89%) 77 (54.61%)
 Pearson chi-square:3.19, df = 2, p = 0.2

Note: frequencies are given as number and percentage of study subjects with certain variable.

*

Tested by chi-square test.