Effect of Affective Temperaments Assessed by the TEMPS-A on the Relationship between Work-Related Stressors and Depressive Symptoms among Workers in Their Twenties to Forties in Japan

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample (𝑁=728).

Variables	𝑁	%
(1) Sex
Male	297	41
Female	431	59
(2) Mean age ± SD
Male	32.74 (±5.99)
Female	31.35 (±5.03)
(3) Marital status
Single	222	30
Married	506	70
(4) Education
Junior college or vocational school; equivalency degree	401	55
College graduate or higher	327	45
(5) Type of job
Clerical post	81	11
Computer technical support	636	87
Managerial post	11	2
(6) Shift work
Without	252	35
With	476	65
(7) Mean working hours per day
Less than seven or fewer hours per day	59	8
Eight hours per day	384	53
Nine hours per day	161	22
Ten hours per day	94	13
More than eleven hours per day	30	4
(8) Frequency of working on days off
Non	581	80
More than one day on a monthly basis	147	20