Table 5.
Association between age, sex, years of experience, work status, and work ability.
| Variables |
Work ability |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age range (years) |
7–27 n (%) |
28–36 n (%) |
37–43 n (%) |
44–49 n (%) |
Total n (%) |
X2 | p-value |
| 21–30 | 2 (6.50) | 7 (22.60) | 12 (38.70) | 10 (32.30) | 31 (100.00) | ||
| 31–40 | 3 (6.50) | 10 (21.70) | 23 (50.00) | 10 (21.70) | 46 (100.00) | ||
| 41–50 | 3 (10.00) | 7 (23.30) | 15 (50.00) | 5 (16.70) | 30 (100.00) | 4.947 | 0.839 |
| 51–60 | 0 (0.00) | 7 (25.00) | 14 (50.00) | 7 (25.00) | 28 (100.00) | ||
| Total | 8(5.90) | 31(23.00) | 64(47.40) | 32(23.70) | 135(100.00) | ||
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 2 (22.20) | 0 (0.00) | 6 (66.70) | 1 (11.10) | 9 (100.00) | 7.935 | 0.047* |
| Female | 6 (4.80) | 31 (24.60) | 58 (46.00) | 31 (24.60) | 126 (100.00) | ||
| Total | 8(5.90) | 31(23.00) | 64(47.40) | 32(23.70) | 135(100.00) | ||
| Years of experience | |||||||
| 1–5 | 1 (2.90) | 9 (26.50) | 15 (44.10) | 9 (26.50) | 34 (100.00) | 4.154 | 0.656 |
| 6–10 | 3 (10.00) | 4 (13.30) | 14 (46.70) | 9 (30.00) | 30 (100.00) | ||
| >10 | 4 (5.60) | 18 (25.40) | 35 (49.30) | 14 (19.70) | 71 (100.00) | ||
| Total | 8(5.90) | 31(23.00) | 64(47.40) | 32(23.70) | 135(100.00) | ||
| Work status | |||||||
| Full time | 8 (6.10) | 31 (23.50) | 64 (48.50) | 29 (22.20) | 132 (100.00) | 9.876 | 0.020* |
| Part time | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 3 (100.00) | 3 (100.00) | ||
| Total | 8(5.90) | 31(23.00) | 64(47.40) | 32(23.70) | 135(100.00) | ||
| Working hours | |||||||
| ˂40 hrs | 0 (0.00) | 3 (60.00) | 1 (20.00) | 1 (20.00) | 5 (100.00) | 4.262 | 0.235 |
| ≥40 hrs | 8 (6.20) | 28 (21.50) | 63 (48.50) | 31 (23.80) | 130 (100.00) | ||
| Total | 8(5.90) | 31(23.00) | 64(47.40) | 32(23.70) | 135(100.00) | ||
*Significant at p ≤ 0.05.
X2: Chi-square.
Key:
n: Frequency.
%: Percentage.
Grades: 7–27 = Poor.
28–26 = Moderate, 37–43 = Good, 44–49 = Excellent.