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Table 1 Characteristics of the participants according to a sex comparison

From: Social support and depressive symptoms among physicians in tertiary hospitals in China: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Total Sample (n = 656)

Male (n = 357)

Female (n = 299)

χ2/t

p-value

Age, years, mean ± SD

37.24 ± 9.47

38.80 ± 9.76

35.38 ± 8.76

4.731

< 0.001

Marital status, n(%)

   

7.300

0.007

 Married

528 (80.5)

301 (84.3)

227 (75.9)

  

 Single

128 (19.5)

56 (15.7)

72 (24.1)

  

Educational level, n(%)

   

0.417

0.812

 College diploma

18 (2.7)

10 (2.8)

8 (2.7)

  

 Bachelor’s degree

274 (41.8)

153 (42.9)

121 (40.5)

  

 Master’s degree or higher

364 (55.5)

194 (54.3)

170 (56.9)

  

Monthly income(Â¥, RMB), n(%)

   

14.715

0.002

 <5000

140 (21.3)

65 (18.2)

75 (25.1)

  

 5000-8000

267 (40.7)

136 (38.1)

131 (43.8)

  

 8000-10,000

128 (19.5)

87 (24.4)

41 (13.7)

  

 >10,000

121 (18.4)

69 (19.3)

52 (17.4)

  

Department, n(%)

   

26.248

< 0.001

 Surgical

348 (53.0)

222 (62.2)

126 (42.1)

  

 Non-surgical

308 (47.1)

135 (37.8)

173 (57.9)

  

Professional status, n(%)

   

17.817

< 0.001

 Primary

288 (43.9)

133 (37.3)

155 (51.8)

  

 Intermediate

191 (29.1)

107 (30.0)

84 (28.1)

  

 Senior

177 (27.0)

117 (32.8)

60 (20.1)

  

Employment status, n(%)

   

1.656

0.198

 Formal employee

358 (54.6)

203 (56.9)

155 (51.8)

  

 Contract employee

298 (45.4)

154 (41.3)

144 (48.2)

  

Cigarette smoking, n(%)

   

91.712

< 0.001

 Current/past

110 (16.8)

106 (29.7)

4 (1.3)

  

 No

546 (83.2)

251 (70.3)

295 (98.7)

  

Alcohol consumption, n(%)

   

228.635

< 0.001

 Current/past

384 (58.5)

304 (85.2)

80 (26.8)

  

 No

272 (41.5)

53 (14.8)

219 (73.2)

  

Working hours per week, n(%)

   

1.716

0.633

  ≤ 40

37 (5.6)

18 (5.0)

19 (6.4)

  

 41–50

192 (29.3)

105 (29.4)

87 (29.1)

  

 51–60

189 (28.8)

98 (27.5)

91 (30.4)

  

 >60

238 (36.3)

136 (38.1)

102 (34.1)

  

Self-rated health, n(%)

   

1.028

0.598

 Good

204 (31.1)

117 (32.8)

87 (29.1)

  

 Fair

382 (58.2)

203 (56.9)

179 (59.9)

  

 Poor

70 (10.7)

37 (10.4)

33 (11.0)

  

Depression scale, mean ± SD

8.97 ± 5.40

8.84 ± 5.36

9.12 ± 5.56

−0.661

0.509

Depressive symptoms, n(%)

   

1.511

0.219

 Yes

277 (42.2)

143 (40.1)

134 (44.8)

  

 No

379 (57.8)

214 (59.9)

165 (55.2)

  
  1. 1 USD ≈ ¥ 6.96 RMB (August 2020 exchange rate). Abbreviations: RMB renminbi, SD standard deviation