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Table 3 Demographic variables

From: Organizational stressors associated with job stress and burnout in correctional officers: a systematic review

Reference

Country

Facility type

Average age

Percentage male

Racial majority

Average tenure

Average education level

Armstrong & Griffin (2004)

United States of America

Maximum security facility

35.6

76.7%

Caucasian

4 years or less

N/A

Moon & Maxwell (2004)

South Korea

Prison or jail

N/A

77.3%

N/A

N/A

Post-secondary

Castle & Martin (2006)

United States of America

County jails

38

72.4%

Caucasian

7 years

High school or equivalent

Griffin (2006)

United States of America

State prisons

34.5

75.3%

Caucasian

4 years or less

High school or equivalent

Neveu (2007)

France

Level 1

33.5

87%

N/A

8 years

High school or equivalent

Castle (2008)

United States of America

County jails

38

72.4%

Caucasian

7 years

High school or equivalent

Taxman & Gordon (2009)

United States of America

Level 2: low-medium security

43.44

68%

Caucasian

6.9 years

High school or equivalent

Summerlin, Oehme, Stern & Valentine (2010)

United States of America

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A