Table 1.
Background characteristics of sedentary staffs (N = 400)
| Characteristics | Male (n = 64) | Female (n = 336) | Total (N = 400) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | N | % | |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| 18–30 | 31 | 48.4 | 188 | 56.0 | 219 | 54.8 |
| 31–40 | 14 | 21.9 | 108 | 32.1 | 122 | 30.5 |
| 41–50 | 13 | 20.3 | 28 | 8.3 | 41 | 10.2 |
| 51–60 | 6 | 9.4 | 12 | 3.6 | 18 | 4.5 |
| Designation | ||||||
| Other rank | 41 | 64.1 | 279 | 83.0 | 320 | 80.0 |
| Officer and above | 23 | 35.9 | 57 | 17.0 | 80 | 20.0 |
| Average monthly overtime hour | ||||||
| Less than or equal to five | 40 | 62.5 | 255 | 75.9 | 295 | 73.7 |
| More than five | 24 | 37.5 | 81 | 24.1 | 105 | 26.3 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Othersb | 35 | 54.7 | 228 | 67.9 | 263 | 65.7 |
| Married | 29 | 45.3 | 108 | 32.1 | 137 | 34.3 |
| Presence of children | ||||||
| No | 38 | 59.4 | 243 | 72.3 | 281 | 70.2 |
| Yes | 26 | 40.6 | 93 | 27.7 | 119 | 29.8 |
| Number of children | ||||||
| Single | 47 | 73.4 | 301 | 89.6 | 348 | 87.0 |
| More than one | 17 | 26.6 | 35 | 10.4 | 52 | 13.0 |
| Type of family | ||||||
| Nuclear | 56 | 87.5 | 303 | 90.2 | 359 | 89.7 |
| Extended | 8 | 12.5 | 33 | 9.8 | 41 | 10.3 |
| Monthly family income (MMKc) | ||||||
| Less than or equal to 450,000 | 38 | 59.4 | 239 | 71.1 | 277 | 69.2 |
| More than 450,000 | 26 | 40.6 | 97 | 28.9 | 123 | 30.8 |
| Presence of housemaid | ||||||
| Present | 4 | 6.3 | 7 | 2.1 | 11 | 2.8 |
| Absent | 60 | 93.7 | 329 | 97.9 | 389 | 97.2 |
| Role of cooking in family | ||||||
| Main | 9 | 14.1 | 185 | 55.1 | 194 | 48.5 |
| Supportive | 55 | 85.9 | 151 | 44.9 | 206 | 51.5 |
| Medical history of NCDsa | ||||||
| No | 47 | 73.4 | 274 | 81.5 | 321 | 80.2 |
| Yes | 17 | 26.6 | 62 | 18.5 | 79 | 19.8 |
aNCDs: non-communicable diseases (hypertension, diabetes mellitus and ischemic heart diseases)
bOthers: single, divorced, separated, widow/widower, cMMK-Myanmar kyats (1USD = 1512MMK on 22.4.2019)