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Table 2 Distribution of dysmenorrhea and emotional distress by job type

From: Emotional labor and dysmenorrhea in women working in sales and call centers

Variables

All

p-value*

Sales workers

Call center workers

p-value

Total

Dysmenorrhea

Total

Total

N = 975

(%)

n = 518

(%)

N = 430

(%)

N = 545

(%)

Grade of menstrual pain

1

457

(46.9)

0

0.0

 

245

(57.0)

212

(38.9)

 
 

2

258

(26.5)

258

(49.8)

 

88

(20.5)

170

(31.2)

 
 

3

204

(20.9)

204

(39.4)

 

80

(18.6)

124

(22.7)

 
 

4

56

(5.7)

56

(10.8)

 

17

(3.9)

39

(7.2)

 

Emotive effort

High risk

142

(14.6)

96

(18.5)

0.0003

57

(13.3)

85

(15.6)

0.3486

 

Median score

(value at 75%, value at 25%)

9

(10,8)

9

(10,8)

 

9

(10,7)

9

(10,8)

 

Emotive dissonance

High risk

241

(24.7)

153

(29.5)

0.0003

79

(18.4)

162

(29.7)

<.0001

 

Median score

(value at 75%, value at 25%)

12

(14,10)

12

(15,11)

 

12

(14,10)

13

(15,11)

 
  1. *Between cases and non-cases.
  2. Between sales workers and call center workers.
  3. p- value by χ 2-test.