The Association between Long Working Hours and Self-Rated Health

Table 4 Prevalence of poor self-rated health according to socio-demographic characteristics

Variables		Total		Male		Female
Variables		Prevalence of poor self-rated health	p-value^†	Prevalence of poor self-rated health	p-value^†	Prevalence of poor self-rated health	p-value^†
		%^*		%^*		%^*
Weekly working hours	≤40	29.7	0.007	27.9	0.387	32.7	<0.001
	40 < × ≤ 52	29.9		26.2		36.7
	52 < × ≤ 60	31.7		27.8		40.3
	>60	38.4		31.5		51.8
Age	25-34	22.2	<0.001	20.8	<0.001	24.3	<0.001
(years)	35-44	26.4		23.0		34.0
	45-54	39.9		34.1		49.8
	55-64	51.8		45.0		67.5
Marital status	Never married	21.5	<0.001	19.8	<0.001	24.4	<0.001
	Married	31.7		28.3		38.8
	Others	56.0		51.8		59.4
Educational status	≤Junior	53.5	<0.001	46.7	<0.001	60.9	<0.001
	high school	53.5		46.7		60.9
	High school	31.2		28.8		35.8
	≥College	24.0		22.2		27.9
Occupation	Non-manual	24.5	<0.001	22.7	<0.001	27.4	<0.001
Occupation	Manual	37.4	<0.001	31.7	<0.001	49.8	<0.001
Employment type	Regular worker	27.1	<0.001	24.5	<0.001	32.4	<0.001
Employment type	Irregular worker	43.1	<0.001	38.6	<0.001	48.9	<0.001
Shift work	No	31.1	0.796	28.6	0.673	37.3	0.307
Shift work	Yes	31.7	0.796	27.4	0.673	43.0	0.307
Tenure	≤1	34.2	0.015	27.0	0.346	43.9	0.005
(years)	1 < × ≤ 10	30.8		28.7		34.5
(years)	>10	27.7		25.5		35.3
Smoking	No	32.4	0.031	26.1	0.161	37.4	0.114
Smoking	Yes	29.0	0.031	28.7	0.161	55.6	0.114
Alcohol consumption	No	37.9	<0.001	32.7	0.017	40.9	0.019
Alcohol consumption	Yes	28.6	<0.001	26.7	0.017	34.6	0.019
Exercise	No	37.4	<0.001	29.5	<0.001	37.9	0.722
	Yes	24.5		22.8		36.6

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