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Table 1 Prevalence of psychological distress, burnout, and coping strategies by participants’ characteristics (N = 253)

From: Psychological distress, burnout, and coping strategies among Nigerian primary school teachers: a school-based cross-sectional study

Participant’s characteristics

n (%)

Prevalence of PD

Prevalence of burnout

Work-related coping strategies

GHQ-12 ≥ 3

EE ≥ 24 + DP ≥ 9

cEFS

dPFS

eDCS

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

All sample

176 (69.6)

91 (36.0)

139 (54.9)

107 (42.3)

194 (76.7)

Age (Years)

      

 20–29 years

58 (22.9)

51 (87.9)

1 (1.7)

53 (91.4)

25 (43.1)

48 (82.8)

 30–39 years

62 (24.5)

47 (75.8)

41 (66.1)

42 (67.7)

22 (35.5)

42 (67.7)

  ≥ 40 years

133 (52.6)

78 (58.6)

49 (36.8)

114 (85.7)

60 (45.1)

104 (76.7)

  χ2

 

17.780***

54.064***

13.537**

1.627

4.139

Sex

      

 Male

88 (34.8)

59 (67.0)

33 (37.5)

70 (79.5)

39 (44.3)

68 (77.3)

 Female

165 (65.2)

117 (70.9)

58 (35.2)

139 (84.2)

68 (41.2)

126 (76.4)

  χ2

 

0.405

0.137

0.881

0.227

0.027

Academic qualification

      

 OND/NCE

72 (28.5)

55 (76.4)

26 (36.1)

67 (93.1)

30 (41.7)

67 (93.1)

 B.Sc./B.Ed./B.A.

118 (46.6)

88 (74.6)

41 (34.7)

89 (75.4)

48 (40.7)

74 (62.7)

 aMaster’s degree

63 (24.9)

33 (52.4)

24 (38.1)

53 (84.1)

29 (46.0)

53 (84.1)

   χ2

 

11.770**

0.201

9.811**

0.499

25.626***

Marital status

      

 Single

30 (11.9)

25 (83.3)

20 (66.7)

20 (66.7)

11 (36.7)

20 (66.7)

 Married

198 (78.3)

136 (68.7)

61 (30.8)

164 (82.8)

81 (40.9)

154 (77.8)

 Widow/divorced/separated

25 (9.9)

15 (60.0)

10 (40.0)

25 (100.0)

15 (60.0)

20 (80.0)

   χ2

 

3.839

14.741**

10.577**

3.756

1.970

Monthly Income

      

 b#18, 000.00 - #49,000.00

123 (48.6)

91 (74.0)

45 (36.6)

98 (79.7)

36 (29.3)

93 (75.6)

 #50, 000.00 - #99,000.00

40 (15.8)

31 (77.5)

21 (52.5)

31 (77.5)

10 (25.0)

21 (52.5)

  ≥ #100, 000.00

90 (35.6)

54 (60.0)

25 (27.8)

80 (88.9)

61 (67.8)

80 (88.9)

  χ2

 

6.213*

7.388*

3.934**

37.401***

20.659***

Place of residence

      

 Urban

194 (76.7)

134 (69.1)

64 (33.0)

153 (78.9)

91 (46.9)

138 (71.1)

 Rural

59 (23.3)

42 (71.2)

27 (45.8)

56 (94.9)

16 (27.1)

56 (94.9)

  χ2

 

0.096

3.205

8.111**

7.259**

14.308***

  1. Note. PD, psychological distress; OND, Ordinary National Diploma; NCE, National Certificate of Examination; B.Sc., Bachelor of Science; B.Ed., Bachelor of Education; B.A., Bachelor of Arts; Master’s degree, Master of Science (M.Sc.); Master of Education (M.Ed.); Master of Arts (M.A.); EFS, emotion-focused strategies; PFS, problem-focused strategies; DCS, dysfunctional coping strategies; b#18, 000, this was the national minimum wage at the time of the study. The new national minimum wage is #30,000 per month for civil servants including teachers; cEFS, only the proportion of participants that used EFS; dPFS, only the proportion of participants that used PFS; eDCS, only the proportion of participants that used DCS
  2. * p < .05; ** p < .001; ***p < .0001
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