Table 1.
Participants’ baseline characteristics.
| Variable | Total | ST Group (n = 69) | ET Group (n = 63) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%)/M(SD) | n (%)/ M(SD) | n (%)/ M(SD) | x2 | t | p | |
| Age | 54.60 (5.09) | 56.20 (5.46) | 56.62 (4.69) | 0.47 | 0.639 | |
| Duration of stay (months) | 102.90 (68.08) | 81.41 (49.18) | 126.44 (77.86) | 4.01 | <0.001 | |
| Duration of current job (months) | 57.44 (49.46) | 54.06 (40.40) | 61.08 (57.80) | 0.81 | 0.419 | |
| Working time(h/day) | 12.45 (4.03) | 11.71 (3.17) | 13.24 (4.69) | 2.20 | 0.030 | |
| Income (USD/month) | 1322.13 (269.36) | 1312.54 (147.87) | 1332.64 (359.31) | 0.43 | 0.670 | |
| Education | ||||||
| ≥High school | 81 (61.8) | 40 (58.0) | 41 (65.1) | 0.702 | 0.402 | |
| Type of job | ||||||
| Housekeeper | 106 (80.3) | 58 (84.1) | 48 (76.2) | 1.443 | 0.486 | |
| Waitress | 13 (9.8) | 5 (7.2) | 8 (12.7) | |||
| Others | 13 (9.8) | 6 (8.7) | 7 (11.1) | |||
| Chronic disease | ||||||
| None | 63 (47.7) | 32 (46.4) | 31 (49.2) | 0.106 | 0.745 | |
| Walking(steps/day) | 9,193 (3212) | 8,728 (2,977) | 9,701 (3,875) | 1.65 | 0.102 | |
| Depression | 13.02 ( 8.68 ) | 13.72 (7.12) | 14.35 (10.17) | 0.41 | 0.681 | |
| Acculturative stress | 70.42 (21.37) | 70.33 (19.10) | 70.51 (23.77) | 0.05 | 0.963 |
Bold indicates statistically significant p- values (p < 0.05).