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Table 2

Stress Level according to General Characteristics (n=939)

??Characteristic	Home stress		Studies stress		Peer relationship stress		Appearance stress		Material resource stress
??Characteristic	Mean±SD	p-value	Mean±SD	p-value	Mean±SD	p-value	Mean±SD	p-value	Mean±SD	p-value
Gender		0.287		<0.001^{^***}		0.433		<0.001^{^***}		<0.001^{^***}
?Male	2.69±1.14		2.93±1.19		1.96±0.90		2.45±0.97		2.39±1.05
?Female	2.77±1.12		3.20±1.09		2.01±0.86		2.96±0.92		2.76±1.04
Grade
?1st	2.96±1.12^{^a}	<0.001^{^***}	3.20±1.08^{^a}	0.025^{^*}	2.05±0.91	0.212	2.75±0.94	0.990	2.55±1.02	0.259
?2nd	2.61±1.13^{^b}		2.95±1.18^{^b}		1.95±0.84		2.74±0.97		2.57±1.07
?3rd	2.63±1.12^{^b}		3.08±1.17^{^ab}		1.95±0.88		2.74±1.01		2.68±1.10
Academic achievement
?Very good	2.54±1.14^{^a}	<0.001^{^***}	3.00±1.11	0.333	1.95±0.85	0.573	2.67±0.95	0.392	2.43±1.05^{^a}	0.020^{^*}
?Moderate	2.93±1.10^{^b}		3.15±1.16		2.03±0.82		2.77±0.92		2.65±0.96^{^b}
?Very poor	2.73±1.13^{^b}		3.09±1.15		1.98±0.92		2.76±1.01		2.66±1.11^{^b}
Economic status
?Very good	2.78±1.20	0.893	3.07±1.09	0.127	2.02±0.94	0.428	2.57±1.01^{^a}	0.037^{^*}	2.37±1.07^{^a}	0.001^{^*}
?Moderate	2.72±1.10		3.14±1.12		1.96±0.86		2.75±0.94^{^ab}		2.58±1.04^{^b}
?Very poor	2.74±1.15		2.96±1.22		2.04±0.89		2.84±1.01^{^b}		2.78±1.09^{^c}
Weekly average allowance (KRW)
?<20,000	2.76±1.12	0.555	3.16±1.13	0.277	1.99±0.84	0.646	2.73±0.96	0.325	2.59±1.05	0.958
?20,000~39,999	2.68±1.08		3.04±1.14		1.95±0.83		2.81±0.90		2.63±1.02
?40,000~59,999	2.82±1.19		3.02±1.15		2.07±0.94		2.68±1.01		2.59±1.07
?≥60,000	2.66±1.24		2.96±1.23		1.97±1.09		2.61±1.15		2.58±1.23

SD: standard deviation, KRW: Korean Won.

^*p<0.05,

^***p<0.001; statistically significant by t-test and one-way ANOVA.

^a~cThe same characters were not significant by Duncan multiple comparison at α=0.05.

Journal of Dental Hygiene Science 2016;16:45-52 https://doi.org/10.17135/jdhs.2016.16.1.45