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

Table 2 Perception of importance of OHS ^*

	Very important		Others		p-value ^†
	N	%	N	%	p-value ^†
Total	616	54.0	525	46.0
Region (n = 1,141)					<0.001
Gyeonggi	178	58.6	126	41.4
Seoul	75	44.4	94	55.6
Gyeongnam	162	63.8	92	36.2
Daegu	100	55.6	80	44.4
Gwangju	45	31.3	99	68.8
Chungnam	56	62.2	34	37.8
Type of industry (n = 1,141)					0.431
Light	149	52.5	135	47.5
Petrochemical	100	58.8	70	41.2
Machine and metal	266	54.5	222	45.5
Electrical and electronics	101	50.8	98	49.2
Company size (no. of employees) (n = 1,137)					0.211
≦4	141	49.5	144	50.5
5-9	173	52.7	155	47.3
10-29	211	56.3	164	43.7
30-49	87	58.4	62	41.6
Handling hazardous material‡(n = 1,137)					0.065
Yes	300	57.0	226	43.0
No	315	51.6	296	48.4
Industrial accidents for the recent 3 years (n = 1,141)					0.037
Yes	159	59.6	108	40.4
No	457	52.3	417	47.7
Technical/financial support§ (n = 1,123)					<0.001
Yes	159	69.1	71	30.9
No	442	49.5	451	50.5

*OHS : occupational health and safety problems.
^†p-value by χ²-test.
‡Noise, Dust, DMF, Organic chemicals(Isopropyl alcohol, Xylene, Toluene, Trichloroethylene etc.), Metals(Copper, Lead, Mercury, Aluminium, Cadmium, Chromium etc.), Acids and alkalies(Hydrogen Chloride, Nitric acid, Sulfuric acid etc.), Others (Dichlorobenzidine, Arsenic, Volatile coal tar pitch, Vinyl chloride, Asbestos etc.)
§State-funded projects in supporting the health management of small businesses, Clean Workplace Program, Projects in supporting the financing for prevention of industrial accidents etc.

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