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Table 4 Means of total scores on PSS-10 by age, gender and work

From: Correction to: Psychometric properties of the perceived stress scale in a community sample of Chinese

 

Sample size

Total

P

n

%

Mean

SD

Age

 18–44

4161

43.8

15.7

4.5

< 0.001*

 45–59

3426

36.0

15.4

4.8

 60–94

1920

20.2

14.9

4.9

Gender

 Men

4861

51.1

15.4

4.8

0.559**

 Women

4646

48.9

15.4

4.7

Work

 Employed

5254

55.3

15.1 a

4.7

< 0.001*

 Seeking work

348

3.7

17.0 a

3.9

 Doing housework

1492

15.7

16.6 b

4.2

 Retired

1684

17.7

14.5 c

5.0

Total sample

9507

100.0

15.4

4.7

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  1. * Kruskal-Walls rank sum test used for comparing mean differences in the total score by age
  2. ** Wilcoxon rank sum test used for comparing mean differences in the total score by gender
  3. a,b,c results of LSD test; different letters indicate significant differences between groups