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Table 3 General characteristics of the female subjects

From: The Association between Long Working Hours and Self-Rated Health

Variables

 

Total

Weekly working hours

p-value

 

≤40

40 < × ≤ 52

52 < × ≤ 60

>60

  

n(%*)

%†

%†

%†

%†

 

Age

Mean ± SD‡

39.8 ± 10.2

39.0 ± 10.1

39.5 ± 10.3

41.0 ± 10.0

41.3 ± 10.4

0.022§

(years)

25-34

489(37.6)

34.2

42.1

15.7

8.0

0.090∥

35-44

353(27.2)

33.1

39.7

16.7

10.5

45-54

331(25.5)

27.2

37.8

21.4

13.6

55-64

126(9.7)

31.0

37.3

19.0

12.7

Marital status

Never married

303(23.3)

34.0

39.9

16.2

9.9

0.252∥

Married

858(66.1)

32.5

39.3

17.5

10.7

Others

138(10.6)

22.4

43.5

23.2

10.9

Educational status

≤Junior high school

281(21.6)

27.1

34.5

24.9

13.5

<0.001∥

High school

433(33.3)

27.5

42.5

19.4

10.6

≥College

585(45.1)

37.3

40.5

13.2

9.0

Household income (KRW/month)¶

Mean ± SD‡

228.9 ± 333.6

241.7 ± 329.7

231.1 ± 362.8

209.2 ± 260.7

214.6 ± 340.9

0.640§

Occupation

Non-manual

705(54.3)

35.6

41.8

13.9

8.7

<0.001∥

Manual

594(45.7)

27.3

37.5

22.4

12.8

Employment type

Regular worker

888(68.4)

31.4

40.8

17.6

10.2

0.803∥

Irregular worker

411(31.6)

32.6

38.0

18.2

11.2

Shift work

No

1,220(93.9)

32.0

40.3

17.5

10.2

0.249∥

Yes

79(6.1)

29.1

32.9

22.8

15.2

Tenure

Mean ± SD‡

4.67 ± 5.57

4.71 ± 5.25

4.65 ± 5.82

4.62 ± 5.44

4.75 ± 5.78

0.995§

(years)

≤1

421(32.4)

30.9

41.8

15.7

11.6

0.775∥

1 < × ≤ 10

725(55.8)

32.3

39.2

18.7

9.8

>10

153(11.8)

32.0

37.9

19.0

11.1

Smoking

No

1,281(98.6)

31.7

40.1

17.7

10.5

0.463∥

Yes

18(1.4)

38.9

22.2

22.2

16.7

Alcohol consumption

No

631(48.6)

31.1

41.2

16.6

11.1

0.573∥

Yes

668(51.4)

32.5

38.6

18.9

10.0

Exercise

No

1,083(83.4)

31.1

40.5

17.3

11.1

0.223∥

 

Yes

216(16.6)

35.2

36.6

20.3

7.9

 
  1. *: column percentage, †: row percentage, ‡SD: standard deviation, §: tested by ANOVA, ∥: tested by chi-squared test, ¶:KRW = 10,000 Korean won (approximately US$10).