TABLE 1. Demographic Variables of East Coast, West Coast, and Former TWA Flight Crewsa
Variable
|
East Coast, mean (SD) (N)
|
West Coast, mean (SD) (N)
|
Former TWA, mean (SD) (N)
|
F value, p value
|
|
| Age |
41.33 (9.5) (516) |
43.69 (8.0) (356) |
47.30 (10.18) (73) |
16.25, * |
Years as flight attendant
|
13.96 (10.2) (520)
|
16.77 (10.3) (360)
|
22.16 (11.73) (73)
|
23.59, *
|
|
Percentage (N)
|
Percentage (N)
|
Percentage (N)
|
 2 value, p value
|
| Gender |
|
|
|
|
| Female |
78.4 (409) |
85.6 (303) |
79.2 (57) |
7.42, * |
| Male |
21.6 (113) |
14.4 (52) |
20.8 (15) |
|
| Ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
| Caucasian |
84.4 (438) |
87.0 (308) |
88.9 (64) |
1.82, NS |
| All others |
15.6 (81) |
13.0 (46) |
11.1 (8) |
|
| Marital status |
|
|
|
|
| Single/never married |
40.2 (208) |
25.9 (93) |
36.1 (26) |
19.16, * |
| All others |
59.8 (310) |
74.1 (266) |
63.9 (46) |
|
| Living arrangement |
|
|
|
|
| Alone |
29.6 (142) |
24.4 (80) |
31.9 (22) |
3.28, NS |
| With others |
70.4 (337) |
75.6 (248) |
69.4 (50) |
|
| Personally knowing someone who lost his or her life in 9/11 and beyond |
|
|
|
|
| No |
31.3 (163) |
69.8 (252) |
74.0 (54) |
146.16, * |
Yes
|
68.7 (358)
|
30.2 (109)
|
26.0 (19)
|
|
|
Note. Portions of this table are reprinted with permission from Lating, Sherman, Lowry, et al. (2004).
a Sample sizes may vary slightly because of missing data.
* p < .001; NS, not significant.