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Table 1 Characteristics of participants by levels of activity satisfaction and burden

From: Exploring the ideal combination of activity satisfaction and burden among health promotion volunteers: a cross-sectional study in Japan

 

Total

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

p

Group difference

(p< 0.05)

    

High satisfaction-low burden

High satisfaction-high burden

Low satisfaction-low burden

Low satisfaction-high burden

  
   

N = 422

n = 162

n = 97

n = 47

n = 116

  

Demographics

        
 

Affiliation

Koka city

353 (83.6)

131 (80.9)

77 (79.4)

42 (89.4)

102 (87.9)

0.186

 
 

Age

 

54.2 ± 6.8

56.0 ± 6.4

52.4 ± 7.3

54.6 ± 7.0

53.2 ± 6.1

<0.001

A-B, A-D

 

Unemployed

 

144 (34.1)

65 (40.1)

31 (32.0)

17 (36.2)

31 (26.7)

0.187

 
 

Educational level

Low

292 (69.2)

114 (70.4)

69 (71.1)

32 (68.1)

77 (66.4)

0.983

 
 

Neighborly ties

Weak

21 (5.0)

6 (3.7)

4 (4.1)

2 (4.3)

9 (7.8)

0.383

 
 

Interest in being a volunteer

Low

84 (19.9)

23 (14.2)

21 (21.6)

4 (8.5)

36 (31.0)

0.001

 
 

Self-rated health

Poor

48 (11.4)

14 (8.6)

7 (7.2)

6 (12.8)

21 (18.1)

0.027

 

Antecedents

        
 

Reasons for becoming an HPV

Passive

340 (80.6)

130 (80.2)

81 (83.5)

32 (68.1)

97 (83.6)

0.115

 
 

Motivation at the end of the HPV training course

Low

99 (23.5)

15 (9.3)

30 (30.9)

5 (10.6)

49 (42.2)

<0.001

 
 

Climate of the HPV organization

Bad (below median)

179 (42.4)

45 (27.8)

40 (41.2)

18 (38.3)

76 (65.5)

<0.001

 
 

Social support from colleagues

Low (below median)

264 (62.6)

80 (49.4)

69 (71.1)

29 (61.7)

86 (74.1)

<0.001

 
 

Social support from community members

Low (below median)

242 (57.3)

72 (44.4)

54 (55.7)

31 (66.0)

85 (73.3)

<0.001

 
 

Head of the neighborhood association uncooperative regarding HPV activities

Agree

134 (31.8)

29 (17.9)

33 (34.0)

18 (38.3)

54 (46.6)

<0.001

 
  1. Values represent mean ± SD or n (%).