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Table 2 Sociodemographic and employment features of the teacher and control groups

From: Do teachers have more health problems? Results from a French cross-sectional survey

Features

Teachers (N = 3,679)

Controls (N = 1,817)

p

 

n

%

n

%

 

Sociodemographic

     

   Gender

    

0.000***

Male

1,496

40.7

875

48.2

 

Female

2,183

59.3

942

51.8

 

   Age

    

0.003**

20 – 39 years♣

1,191

32.5

541

30.1

 

40 – 49 years

1,216

33.2

553

30.8

 

≥ 50 years♠

1,259

34.3

702

39.1

 

   Marital status

    

0.056

Married or living with someone

2,866

78.2

1,392

76.9

 

Single

467

12.7

213

11.8

 

Separated or divorced

285

7.8

176

9.7

 

Widowed

45

1.2

28

1.5

 

   Educational level

    

0.000***

Lower than Baccalaureate degree

48

1.3

674

37.5

 

Baccalaureate degree

675

18.3

273

15.2

 

≤ 2 years at university

724

19.7

273

15.2

 

3 – 4 years at university

1,582

43.0

339

18.9

 

≥ 5 years at university

650

17.7

239

13.3

 

Career cycle

     

   Number of years in current profession

    

0.000***

< 5 years

417

11.4

315

17.9

 

5 – 9 years

473

12.9

259

14.7

 

10 – 19 years

723

19.8

370

21.0

 

20 – 29 years

1,173

32.1

502

28.5

 

≥ 30 years

873

23.9

315

17.9

 

   Long-term sick leave

    

0.509

At least one in the past five years

96

2.6

42

2.3

 

None

3,583

97.4

1,774

97.7

 

Working environment

     

   Work schedule

    

0.000***

Irregular

1,860

51.2

668

37.8

 

Regular

1,770

48.8

1,099

62.2

 

   Commuting time from home to work

    

0.000***

≤ 15 minutes

1,228

34.0

586

34.2

 

16 – 30 minutes

1,194

33.1

500

29.2

 

31 – 60 minutes

831

23.0

382

22.3

 

> 60 minutes

356

9.9

243

14.2

 
  1. n = number of cases in each category for each group. % = proportion of cases in each category for each group. p = p-value from Chi-square test (*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001). Mean age of the subjects in each group: ♣ Teacher: 32.1, Control: 31.4 ; Teacher: 44.8, Control: 45.3 ; ♠ Teacher: 53.3, Control: 53.6.