Table 9
Kendall's tau b correlation coefficients showing correlations of impact (dependent) variables with travel factors (independent variables) and demographic variables: staff responses
| Impact variables | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Stress | Health | Family | |
| *α=0.05; **α=0.01. | |||
| Travel factors: | |||
| Days away from home | r=0.261** | r=0.159 | r=0.218* |
| n=94 | n=95 | n=95 | |
| Longest mission | r=0.085 | r=0.024 | r=0.044 |
| n=98 | n=99 | n=100 | |
| Shortest time between trips | r=−0.146 | r=−0.101 | r=−258** |
| n=93 | n=94 | n=94 | |
| Departure on or before weekends | r=0.040 | r=0.099 | r=0.065 |
| n=100 | n=101 | n=102 | |
| Recuperative leave on return | r=0.014 | r=−0.033 | r=−0.043 |
| n=100 | n=101 | n=102 | |
| Last minute change in travel dates | r=0.058 | r=0.099 | r=0.114 |
| n=100 | n=101 | n=102 | |
| Change in dates affects family plans | r=0.311** | r=0.271** | r=0.341** |
| n=97 | n=97 | n=98 | |
| Control over travel | r=0.249** | r=0.251** | r=0.211* |
| n=100 | n=101 | n=102 | |
| Ability to “safely” refuse a mission | r=0.200* | r=0.245** | r=0.243** |
| n=98 | n=99 | n=100 | |
| Demographic variables: | |||
| Sex | r=−0.033 | r=0.020 | r=−0.018 |
| n=100 | n=101 | n=102 | |
| Age | r=−0.119 | r=−0.162 | r=−0.105 |
| n=68 | n=69 | n=70 | |
| Children | r=−0.115 | r=−0.097 | r=−0.271** |
| n=92 | n=93 | n=94 | |
| Years in World Bank Group | r=0.058 | r=−0.004 | r=0.099 |
| n=98 | n=99 | n=100 | |
