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Table 1 Personal and health related characteristics by occupational category

From: Effort-reward imbalance and self-rated health among Gambian healthcare professionals

Variables

EHOs (N = 86)

Nurses (N = 201)

P

n

%

n

%

Region

    

.767a

   Urban

42

48.8

102

50.7

 

   Rural

44

51.2

99

49.3

 

Gender

    

0.001a

   Female

28

32.6

106

53.5

 

   Male

58

67.4

92

46.5

 

Age group

    

<0.001a

    < 26

33

39.3

37

19.3

 

   26-30

39

46.4

42

21.9

 

   31-35

8

9.5

31

16.1

 

    > 35

4

4.8

82

42.7

 

Age (mean ± SD)

27.29 ± 3.87

 

34.68 ± 9.25

 

<0.001b

Marital Status

    

<0.001a

   Yes

36

41.9

149

74.1

 

   No

50

58.1

52

25.9

 

Dependency

    

0.004a

    < 2 people

35

40.7

48

24.0

 

    ≥ 2 people

51

59.3

152

76.0

 

Stressful personal event

    

.682a

   Yes

47

56.0

116

58.6

 

   No

37

44.0

82

41.4

 

Smoking status

    

.073a

   Yes

1

1.2

12

6.0

 

   No

85

98.8

189

94.0

 

Exercise

    

.395a

   Yes

49

57.0

103

51.5

 

   No

37

43.0

97

48.5

 

Chronic disease

    

.167a

   Yes

4

4.7

19

9.5

 

   No

82

95.3

181

90.5

 

Self-rated health

    

.208a

   Poor

17

19.8

27

13.8

 

   Good

69

80.2

168

86.2

 
  1. aPearson’s χ2 test, bIndependent t-test