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employees of different sector. The personal variables that explainthe variation in coping styles are also identified and presented inthis chapter.6.1 -0 OF COPING STRATEGIWThe scores of the respondents indicate that, ER is thestrategy wh~ch most of the respondents preferred. It is followed bythe other stratepes, UHR and RT. On the other hand, PA and SOPare the least preferred coping strategies in the oplnlon of therespondents as a whole (Table 6 1).The analysls was further extended to ~dentlfy the coplngstyles preferred by respondents of each sector.The sectonvisescores also reveal a s~milar result regarding most preferred copingstrateges. Emplovees of Sector 1 ranked ER as the most preferredstrategy followed by UHR and PA. Regarding sector 2, the rankmgorder was ER, RT and RTOB. Respondents of sector 3 ranked ER,RTOB and UHR In the b t three places ( Tables 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4).D~ffercnces In ranlung were found regarding least preferred coping