Table 1.
Percentage or mean (SD) for participant characteristics in IT and extended care employees
| Participant characteristic | IT employees (N = 131, Ndays = 869) |
Extended care employees (N = 181, Ndays = 1061) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 45.14 (6.32) | 38.64 (6.37) | <0.001 |
| Female | 45% | 97% | <0.001 |
| Race | <0.001 | ||
| White | 70.2% | 63.5% | |
| Black or African American | 1.5% | 13.3% | |
| Asian Indian | 9.9% | 0.5% | |
| Other Asian/Pacific Islander | 8.4% | 3.3% | |
| Hispanic | 9.2% | 14.4% | |
| Other race or >1 race | 0.8% | 5.0% | |
| Highest level of education | <0.001 | ||
| Some high school | 0% | 6% | |
| High school graduate | 2% | 30% | |
| Some college or technical school | 20% | 54% | |
| College graduate | 78% | 10% | |
| Hours worked per week | 45.89 (5.86) | 36.69 (8.10) | <0.001 |
| Married or cohabitating (vs. single) | 87% | 66% | <0.001 |
| Number of children at home | 2.11 (1.07) | 2.27 (1.11) | 0.19 |
| Daily experiences | |||
| Positive affect (range: 1–5) | 2.88 (0.68) | 2.88 (0.65) | 0.97 |
| Negative affect (range: 1–5) | 1.27 (0.25) | 1.39 (0.33) | <0.001 |
| Positive work event, % of days | 24% (27%) | 27% (32%) | 0.41 |
| Positive non-work event, % of days | 29% (27%) | 33% (31%) | 0.28 |
| Work stressor, % of days | 44% (30%) | 43% (35%) | 0.84 |
| Non-work stressor, % of days | 40% (29%) | 36% (27%) | 0.20 |
| Sleep variables | |||
| Sleep quality (range: 1–4) | 3.03 (0.41) | 2.97 (0.54) | 0.25 |
| Sleep duration, hours | 6.70 (0.87) | 6.49 (1.05) | 0.06 |
| Insomnia symptoms (range: 2–8) | 5.41 (1.51) | 5.72 (1.65) | 0.09 |
| Daily interviews completed | 7.71 (0.93) | 7.13 (1.62) | <0.001 |
Note. P-values for differences between IT and extended care employees were obtained from t-tests for continuous variables and chi-squared tests for categorical variables.