Table 6

Effects of Musician factors on stress,satisfaction, and other perceptions

Measures and Groupings

n

Perceived Stress

Job satisfaction

Job Dissatisfaction

Evaluation of orchestra

Age

Under 40

469

4802

4.66

3.60

4.04

Over 40

219

4400

4.97

3.07

4.36

Sought counselling

Yes

226

55.7

4.60

3.89

4.00

No

465

42.44

4.83

3.21

4.22

Gender

Male

449

-

-

3.34

4.21

Female

238

-

-

3.60

4.02

Musician Status

Principal

291

4.97

4.97

-

-

Other

399

4.76

4.76

-

-

Orchestral Section

String player

267

4.58

4.58

-

-

Other

423

4.87

4.87

-

-

Note: Only comparisons that produced meaningful statistical diffrences are presented blank entries indicate cases for which differences between groups were not meaningfully different statistically, the total n for each comparison varies due to responses.