Table 6: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) of employment of self-perceived hard and soft strategies by age of respondents.

Strategies Age group N Mean ± SD 95% CI F statistic & P value
Lower - Upper
Hard strategies ≤ 30 years 14 37.6 ± 7.6 33.3-42.0 2.07 & 0.117
31-40 years 23 36.2 ± 7.1 33.2-39.3
41-60 years 9 38.3 ± 6.5 33.4-43.3
50+ years 2 49.0 ± 1.4 36.3-61.7
Total 48 37.6 ± 7.3 35.4-39.7
Soft strategies ≤ 30 years 14 82.3 ± 17.1 72.3-92.2 1.504 & 0.227
31-40 years 23 87.8 ± 10.0 83.5-92.2
41-60 years 9 83.7 ± 10.6 75.5-91.8
50+ years 2 100.0 ± 2.8 74.6-125.4
Total 48 85.9 ± 12.8 82.2-89.6