Effects of health and safety problem recognition on small business facility investment

Table 3 Investment in facilities for prevention of industrial accidents

	Yes		No		p-value ^†
	N	%	N	%	p-value ^†
Total	445	39.2	690	60.8
Region (n = 1,135)					0.066
Gyeonggi	123	40.6	180	59.4
Seoul	56	33.5	111	66.5
Gyeongnam	100	39.5	153	60.5
Daegu	68	37.8	112	62.2
Gwangju	51	35.7	92	64.3
Chungnam	47	52.8	42	47.2
Industry (n = 1,135)					0.370
Light	99	35.4	181	64.6
Petrochemical	74	43.5	96	56.5
Machine and metal	193	39.7	293	60.3
Electrical and electronics	79	39.7	120	60.3
Size(person) (n = 1,131)					<0.001
≦4	85	29.9	199	70.1
5-9	124	37.6	206	62.4
10-29	156	42.3	213	57.7
30-49	80	54.1	68	45.9
Handling hazardous material (n = 1,131)					<0.001
Yes	245	46.7	200	53.3
No	280	33.0	406	67.0
Industrial accidents for the recent 3 years (n = 1,134)					<0.001
Yes	173	65.0	93	35.0
No	272	31.3	596	68.7
Technical/financial support (n = 1,116)					<0.001
Yes	153	66.8	286	33.2
No	76	32.2	601	67.8
Perception of OHS^* (n = 1,132)					<0.001
Very important	281	46.0	330	54.0
Others	163	31.3	358	68.7

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