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Table 1 Characteristics of study respondents, by sex (N = 791)

From: Effort-reward imbalance and quality of life of healthcare workers in military hospitals: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Men (N = 173)

Women (N = 618)

  

Mean (N)

SD (%)

Mean (N)

SD (%)

t/X2

p

Age (years)

35.8

7.5

35.1

9.0

0.83

0.408

Educational level (years)

16.5

2.3

14.1

1.7

15.27

<0.001***

Marital status

    

−1.83

0.068

  Married

79

(46)

273

(44)

  

  Unmarried

61

(35)

193

(31)

  

  Other

1

(1)

26

(4)

  

Life event

    

0.73

0.466

  No

111

(64)

442

(72)

  

  Yes

14

(8)

44

(7)

  

Alcohol drinking

    

7.70

<0.001***

  No

103

(60)

478

(77)

  

  Yes

22

(13)

8

(2)

  

Smoking

    

11.26

<0.001***

  No

95

(55)

484

(78)

  

  Yes

31

(18)

4

(1)

  

Hypnotics use

    

−0.17

0.869

  No

123

(71)

479

(76)

  

  Yes

3

(2)

13

(2)

  

Leader

    

5.36

<0.001***

  No

144

(83)

588

(95)

  

  Yes

29

(17)

30

(5)

  

ERI

      

  Effort

14.55

0.47

16.08

0.23

−2.66

0.003**

  Reward

27.09

0.29

26.03

0.15

3.07

0.002**

  Salary

1.65

0.09

1.94

0.06

−2.42

0.016*

  Esteem

10.18

0.18

10.29

0.10

−0.48

0.634

  Social Status Control

15.25

0.21

13.81

0.11

5.66

<0.001***

  Overcommitment

16.04

0.22

16.22

0.11

−0.73

0.46

  ER ratio

0.99

0.03

1.15

0.02

−3.92

<0.001***

GHQ

1.58

0.20

1.87

0.10

−1.36

0.19

WHOQOL-BREF

      

  Physical

25.4

0.43

25.5

0.16

−0.34

0.74

  Psychological

19.7

0.34

19.5

0.15

0.76

0.45

  Social

13.6

0.20

13.8

0.09

−1.21

0.23

  Environmental

29.9

0.41

30.0

0.21

−0.18

0.85

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.