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. 2020 Jan 17;17(2):601. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17020601

Table 5.

T-tests on domain-specific demands for male and female social workers.

Variables M SD T df
1 Language barriers with clients 63.24 22.88 0.74 248
 Female (n = 173) 64.02 23.70
 Male (n = 77) 61.69 21.30
2 Personal fate of clients 73.72 18.12 1.26 248
 Female (n = 173) 74.57 18.58
 Male (n = 77) 71.43 17.07
3 Few solutions to clients’ problems 59.92 18.29 −0.13 247
 Female (n = 172) 59.74 18.43
 Male (n = 77) 60.06 18.25
4 Few visible results when working with clients 54.64 19.18 0.92 248
 Female (n = 173) 55.35 18.98
 Male (n = 77) 52.92 19.86
5 Clients’ excessive expectations 62.35 19.75 0.72 248
 Female (n = 173) 63.01 20.81
 Male (n = 77) 61.04 17.44
6 Problems in the motivation of clients 57.34 18.69 −1.30 247
 Female (n = 172) 56.40 17.81
 Male (n = 77) 59.74 20.74
7 Aggravated collaboration with authorities 68.97 20.91 1.93 248
 Female (n = 173) 70.66 18.95
 Male (n = 77) 64.61 24.45
8 Legal and bureaucratic barriers 71.25 20.43 1.40 248
 Female (n = 173) 72.40 19.07
 Male (n = 77) 68.18 23.17
9 Lack of personnel for the support of clients 56.08 29.50 0.17 246
 Female (n = 172) 55.96 29.32
 Male (n = 76) 55.26 30.09
10 Frequent staff turnover 36.49 29.66 0.6 243
 Female (n = 171) 36.40 29.73
 Male (n = 74) 36.15 30.17
11 Frequent sickness absence of colleagues 46.71 26.39 −1.06 246
 Female (n = 172) 45.49 25.89
 Male (n = 76) 49.34 27.68

Note: t-test: * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001.