Table 1
Systems analysts and comparison population: gender, age group, schooling, marital status, and number of children
| Social and demographic characteristics | Systems analysts | Comparison population | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| χ2. NS, not significant. **p<0.001, ***p<0.0001. | |||||
| Gender | NS | ||||
| Males | 328 | (59.3) | 71 | (52.2) | |
| Females | 225 | (40.7) | 65 | (47.8) | |
| Age (years) | ** | ||||
| <0.001 | |||||
| 18–24 | 60 | (10.8) | 1 | (0.7) | |
| 25–34 | 262 | (47.4) | 62 | (45.6) | |
| 35–44 | 184 | (33.2) | 56 | (41.1) | |
| 45–56 | 47 | (8.5) | 17 | (12.5) | |
| Schooling | *** | ||||
| College (complete) | 465 | (84.1) | 92 | (67.7) | |
| College (incomplete) | 72 | (13.0) | 25 | (18.4) | |
| High school (complete) | 16 | (2.9) | 14 | (10.3) | |
| Elementary school | − | − | 5 | (3.7) | |
| Marital status | NS | ||||
| Single | 201 | (36.3) | 37 | (27.2) | |
| Married | 330 | (59.7) | 90 | (66.2) | |
| Divorced/widow | 22 | (4.0) | 9 | (6.6) | |
| Number of children | *** | ||||
| None | 287 | (51.9) | 52 | (38.2) | |
| One | 60 | (10.8) | 41 | (30.1) | |
| Two | 127 | (23.0) | 34 | (25.0) | |
| Three or more | 79 | (14.3) | 9 | (6.6) | |
| Total | 553 | (100) | 136 | (100) | |
