The effect of organisational system on self-rated depression in a panel of male municipal firefighters

Table 1 General characteristics of subjects

General characteristics		Total		Depression		Control		P-value ^*
General characteristics		(N = 186)		(N = 17)		(N = 169)		P-value ^*
Age								0.287
	29	3	(1.7)^†	0	0	4	2.4
	30-39	78	41.9	4	23.5	74	43.8
	40-49	79	42.5	11	64.7	68	40.2
	50-	25	13.4	2	11.8	23	13.6
	Subtotal	186	100	17	100	169	100
Education								0.740
	-Middle school	4	2.2	0	0	4	2.5
	High school	99	55	9	52.9	90	55.2
	2-year university	36	20	5	29.4	31	19
	4 –years college-	41	22.8	3	17.6	38	23.3
	Subtotal	180	100	17	100	163	100
Salary in a month								0.418
	<$2000	9	5	0	0	9	5.5
	$2000-2999	73	40.8	7	43.8	66	40.5
	$3000-3999	69	38.5	5	31.3	64	39.3
	$4000-	28	15.6	4	25	24	14.7
	Subtotal	179	100	16	100	163	100
Marriage								0.815
	Married	162	87.6	15	88.2	147	87.5
	Single	17	9.2	2	11.8	15	8.9
	Divorced or seperated	6	3.2	0	0	6	3.6
	Subtotal	185	100	17	100	168	100
Working class								0.268
	Firefighter	26	(14.1)^†	2	11.8	24	14.3
	Vice director	85	45.9	5	29.4	80	47.6
	Director	59	31.9	8	47.1	51	30.4
	Chief director	6	3.2	0	0	6	3.6
	Above president	9	4.9	2	11.8	7	4.2
	Subtotal	185	100	17	100	168	100
Job content								0.721
	Administrative	49	26.8	5	29.4	44	26.5
	Firefighting	81	44.3	6	35.3	75	45.2
	Rescue (accident)	31	16.9	3	17.6	28	16.9
	Emergency (health)	22	12	3	17.6	19	11.4
	Subtotal	183	100	17	100	166	100
Shiftwork								0.545
	None	38	20.7	2	13.3	36	21.3
	3 shift	6	3.3	1	6.7	5	3
	2 shift	44	23.9	5	33.3	39	23.1
	1 shift for 24 hrs	96	52.2	7	46.7	89	52.7
	Subtotal	184	100	15	100	169	100

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