Explaining global job satisfaction by facets of job satisfaction: the Japanese civil servants study

Table 1 Characteristics of the subjects and proportions of those showing global satisfaction

	Subjects (N = 4286)	People showing global satisfaction (%)	χ² p value
Sex
Men	2949	66.4
Women	1337	60.4	<0.001
Age, years
18–24	219	65.8
25–34	1140	62.0
35–44	1152	58.6
45–54	1338	68.3
55–69	437	74.8	<0.001
Job type
Administrative	231	83.1
Professional	2164	62.8
Clerical	1460	63.2
Office support	431	67.7	<0.001
Work hours
≦8 h	2035	67.7
8–9 h	1185	64.3
9–11 h	727	59.4
>11 h	339	57.5	0.001

Pearson’s χ² tests were used to examine whether there were differences in the proportions of subjects with global job satisfaction and those with global job dissatisfaction

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