Table 4

Correlations (Kendall's tau b) between impact variables: spouse responses

Family
Impact variablesStaff stressStaff healthSpouse stressChildren's behaviour
Staff stress, spouses' ratings of the staff member's stress due to working in the WBG; staff health, spouses' concern about the health/safety of the traveller; spouse stress, spouses' ratings of their own stress due to their mates' mission travel; children's, behaviour changes in children resulting from the travel of a parent.
*Significant at α=0.05; **Significant at α=0.01; ***Significant at α=0.001.
Staff stress0.172***0.247**0.075
n=512n=518n=331
Staff health0.230**0.062
n=515n=328
Family
    Spouse stress0.375**
n=332
    Children's behaviour