From: Emotional labor and dysmenorrhea in women working in sales and call centers
Variables | All | p-value* | Sales workers | Call center workers | p-value† | |||||||
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Total | Dysmenorrhea | Prevalance (%) | Total | Total | ||||||||
N = 975 | (%) | n = 518 | (%) | N = 430 | (%) | N = 545 | (%) | |||||
Age | ≤ 29 | 309 | (31.7) | 228 | (44.0) | 73.8 | <.0001‡ | 116 | (27.0) | 193 | (35.4) | <.0001‡ |
30-39 | 332 | (34.0) | 183 | (35.3) | 55.1 | 94 | (21.9) | 238 | (43.7) | |||
≥ 40 | 334 | (34.3) | 107 | (20.7) | 32.0 | 220 | (51.1) | 114 | (20.9) | |||
Smoking | Current smoker | 223 | (22.9) | 154 | (29.7) | 69.1 | <.0001‡ | 81 | (18.8) | 142 | (26.1) | 0.0097‡ |
Non-smoker | 752 | (77.1) | 364 | (70.3) | 48.4 | 349 | (81.2) | 403 | (73.9) | |||
BMI (kg/m2) | < 20 | 325 | (33.3) | 174 | (33.6) | 53.5 | 0.9599‡ | 175 | (40.7) | 150 | (27.5) | <.0001‡ |
20 – 24.9 | 533 | (54.7) | 281 | (54.2) | 52.7 | 243 | (56.5) | 290 | (53.2) | |||
≥ 25 | 117 | (12.0) | 63 | (12.2) | 53.8 | 12 | (2.8) | 105 | (19.3) | |||
Educational status | High school or lower | 608 | (62.4) | 305 | (58.9) | 50.2 | 0.0203‡ | 307 | (71.4) | 301 | (55.2) | <.0001‡ |
College or higher | 367 | (37.6) | 213 | (41.1) | 58.0 | 123 | (28.6) | 244 | (44.8) | |||
Living with a partner | Yes | 445 | (45.6) | 172 | (33.2) | 38.7 | <.0001‡ | 243 | (56.5) | 202 | (37.1) | <.0001‡ |
No | 530 | (54.4) | 346 | (66.8) | 65.3 | 187 | (43.5) | 343 | (62.9) | |||
Living with a child | Yes | 427 | (43.8) | 155 | (29.9) | 36.3 | <.0001‡ | 233 | (54.2) | 194 | (35.6) | <.0001‡ |
No | 548 | (56.2) | 363 | (70.1) | 66.2 | 197 | (45.8) | 351 | (64.4) | |||
Age at menarche (years) | < 12 | 43 | (4.4) | 32 | (6.2) | 74.4 | 0.0068‡ | 13 | (3.0) | 30 | (5.5) | 0.0861‡ |
≥ 12 | 932 | (95.6) | 486 | (93.8) | 52.1 | 417 | (97.0) | 515 | (94.5) | |||
Weekly working hours | ≤ 51 | 643 | (65.9) | 338 | (65.2) | 52.6 | 0.6732‡ | 168 | (39.1) | 475 | (87.2) | <.0001‡ |
≥ 52 | 332 | (34.1) | 180 | (34.8) | 54.2 | 262 | (60.9) | 70 | (12.8) |