North Dakota University System - Higher Education Research Institute

Appendix H
Table 1
Job-Related Stress: Percent Responding to Each Category
Doctoral
Institutions Four-Year Institutions Two-year Institutions
Sources of stress* UND NDSU DSU MaSU MiSU VCSU BSC MiSU-BC NDSCS WSC LRSC
Household responsibilities 73.9 63.5 72.3 65.0 73.2 72.2 67.3 57.1 73.7 86.4 76.9
Child care 28.6 26.9 31.9 20.0 26.8 30.6 36.7 14.3 31.6 45.5 46.2
Care of elderly parent 35.3 23.5 29.8 30.0 35.4 36.1 46.9 7.1 26.3 21.7 30.8
My physical health 45.0 41.0 56.5 35.0 53.1 61.1 46.9 28.6 49.1 47.8 38.5
Review/promotion process 50.4 60.5 47.8 50.0 45.1 52.8 28.6 42.9 56.1 21.7 38.5
Subtle discrimination 24.1 28.9 21.7 20.0 36.6 30.6 18.4 14.3 24.6 17.4 0.0
Personal finances 62.2 64.1 80.9 70.0 70.4 55.6 59.2 78.6 70.2 56.5 69.2
Committee work 58.6 69.5 63.0 90.0 62.2 86.1 87.8 100.0 70.2 91.3 100.0
Faculty meetings 60.6 64.5 55.3 70.0 51.2 75.0 71.4 78.6 77.2 68.2 91.7
Colleagues 66.9 68.3 53.2 60.0 65.9 63.9 46.9 85.7 70.2 50.0 23.1
Students 56.2 54.5 60.9 70.0 62.2 54.3 55.1 64.3 75.4 60.0 61.5
Research or publishing demands 68.3 79.6 17.4 20.0 45.1 33.3 6.1 14.3 0.0 4.5 0.0
Inst procedures & 'red tape' 74.3 79.0 84.8 85.0 72.0 69.4 89.8 92.9 80.7 72.7 53.8
Teaching load 63.3 65.9 80.4 80.0 73.2 66.7 73.5 85.7 86.0 69.6 100.0
Children's problems 33.3 32.9 32.6 15.0 29.6 36.1 44.9 28.6 30.4 45.5 53.8
Marital friction 20.6 18.8 19.6 10.0 19.8 33.3 22.4 21.4 33.3 26.1 23.1
Time pressures 88.8 86.2 84.8 85.0 84.1 91.7 81.6 85.7 91.2 81.8 92.3
Lack of personal time 86.3 79.0 80.9 80.0 86.6 88.9 79.6 85.7 86.0 77.3 92.3
Illness or death of spouse 6.5 4.2 8.5 10.0 3.7 8.3 0.0 7.1 7.0 21.7 7.7
Keeping up with info tech 71.5 73.1 78.7 85.0 68.3 83.3 81.3 78.6 82.5 68.2 76.9
*Percentage of respondents marking “Somewhat” or “Extensive.”
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