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. 2017 Feb 21;61(3):369–382. doi: 10.1093/annweh/wxx003

Table 1.

Sample descriptive results and professional identity differences.

Parameter Healthcare workers (n = 266) Law enforcers (n = 111)
n % n %
Sex of the worker***
 Woman (0) 175 65.8 29 26.1
 Man (1) 91 34.2 82 73.9
Injury without hospitalization
 No (0) 216 83.7 89 80.9
 Yes (1) 42 16.3 21 19.1
Injury with hospitalization
 No (0) 224 86.8 93 84.5
 Yes (1) 34 13.2 17 15.5
Normalization***
 No (0) 137 51.5 35 31.5
 Yes (1) 129 48.5 76 68.5
Perceived taboo of complaining about WPV
 No (0) 116 44.1 41 37.3
 Yes (1) 147 55.9 69 62.7
Mean SD Mean SD
Age*** 3.2 1.2 2.6 1.0
 15 to 25 (1)
 26 to 35 (2)
 36 to 45 (3)
 46 to 55 (4)
 56 to + (5)
Frequency of past victimization of WPV*** 10.8 11.0 15.6 12.0
Frequency of past witnessing of WPV*** 15.7 12.4 24.6 19.8
Colleagues’ support (0–3) 1.9 0.8 1.9 0.8
Employer’s support (0–3) 1.3 0.9 1.3 0.9
Psychological consequences (0–10) 2.9 2.6 2.8 3.1

*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, resulting from χ2 tests (sex, injury without hospitalization, injury with hospitalization, normalization, perceived taboo of complaining about WPV) or t-tests (age, frequency of past victimization of WPV, frequency of past witnessing WPV, colleague’s support, employer’s support, psychological consequences).