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Table 1 Chi-square and t-tests regarding rural and urban residents

From: Rural-urban differences in workplace health promotion among employees of small and medium-sized enterprises in Germany

 

N SME-Er (percentage)

N SME-Eu (percentage)

chi-square test p-value

existence of WHP

yes / no

919 (35.7) / 1655 (64.3)

3122 (38.1) / 5067 (61.9)

0.027

participation in WHP

yes / no

648 (70.6) / 270 (29.4)

2025 (65.1) / 1087 (34.9)

0.002

gender

male / female

1190 (46.2) / 1384 (53.8)

3747 (45.8) / 4442 (54.2)

0.673

care

yes / no

231 (9.0) / 2343 (91.0)

637 (7.8) / 7552 (92.2)

0.052

leadership

yes / no

924 (35.9) / 1650 (64.1)

2811 (34.3) / 5378 (65.7)

0.144

 

N

M

SD

Median (min / max)

95% confidence intervall

t-test p-value

lower value

upper value

job satisfaction

rural

2574

3.26

0.62

3.00 (1.00 / 4.00)

0.00194

0.05803

0.036

urban

8189

3.23

0.64

3.00 (1.00 / 4.00)

sick days

rural

2574

11.58

28.31

3.00 (0.00 / 365.00)

−0.12875

2.34173

0.079

urban

8189

10.48

26.49

3.00 (0.00 / 365.00)

psychosomatic complaints

rural

2574

2.40

2.37

2.00 (0.00 / 8.00)

−0.06421

0.14495

0.449

urban

8189

2.36

2.36

2.00 (0.00 / 8.00)

age

rural

2574

47.66

11.03

50.00 (16.00 / 78.00)

0.28529

1.27141

0.002

urban

8189

46.88

11.44

49.00 (15.00 / 81.00)

career desire

rural

2574

2.41

1.22

2.00 (1.00 / 5.00)

−0.11480

−0.00555

0.031

urban

8189

2.47

1.26

2.00 (1.00 / 5.00)

education

rural

2574

2.59

0.94

2.00 (1.00 / 4.00)

−0.25361

−0.16859

0.000

urban

8189

2.80

1.03

2.00 (1.00 / 4.00)

work intensity

rural

2574

3.09

0.62

3.20 (1.00 / 4.00)

−0.03335

0.02042

0.637

urban

8189

3.09

0.60

3.20 (1.00 / 4.00)

emotional work

rural

2574

2.40

0.99

3.00 (1.00 / 4.00)

−0.03433

0.05350

0.669

urban

8189

2.39

0.99

2.00 (1.00 / 4.00)

work life balance

rural

2574

3.49

0.73

4.00 (2.00 / 4.00)

−0.06220

0.00092

0.060

urban

8189

3.52

0.71

4.00 (2.00 / 4.00)

work duration

rural

2574

37.77

12.24

40.00 (10.00 / 120.00)

−0.43800

0.63800

0.715

urban

8189

37.67

11.80

40.00 (10.00 / 120.00)

  1. N number of individuals in study population, SME-Er employees of small and medium sized enterprises living in rural areas, SME-Eu employees of small and medium sized enterprises living in urban areas, WHP workplace health promotion, M mean, SD standard deviation; p-values < 0.05 are shown in bold