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Table 1 Sociodemographic factors and well-being

From: The relationship between working condition factors and well-being

   

Well-being

 
  

Total

Poor

Fair

 
  

N

N

%

N

%

p-value*

Total

 

5,995

2,415

40.3

3,580

59.7

 

Gender

Male

3,304

1,341

40.6

1,963

59.4

0.595

Female

2,691

1,074

39.9

1,617

60.1

Age

<29

901

328

36.4

573

63.6

<0.001

30–39

1,833

790

43.1

1,043

56.9

40–49

1,662

602

36.2

1,060

63.8

50–59

1,018

426

41.8

592

58.2

>60

581

269

46.3

312

53.7

Education

Middle school or lower

917

455

49.6

462

50.4

<0.001

High school

2,578

1,057

41.0

1,521

59.0

Junior college

755

325

43.0

430

57.0

College or higher

1,745

578

33.1

1,167

66.9

Monthly income (KRW)

<1 million

1,326

572

43.1

754

56.9

<0.001

1≤, <2 million

2,251

939

41.7

1,312

58.3

2≤, <3 million

1,382

547

39.6

835

60.4

≥3 million

1,036

357

34.5

679

65.5

Balancing income and expenses

Difficult

1,149

669

58.2

480

41.8

<0.001

Somewhat difficult

2,122

986

46.5

1,136

53.5

Somewhat easy

1,740

525

30.2

1,215

69.8

Easy

984

235

23.9

749

76.1

Health status

Bad

255

171

67.1

84

32.9

<0.001

Normal

1,396

831

59.5

565

40.5

Good

3,572

1,253

35.1

2,319

64.9

Very good

772

160

20.7

612

79.3

Smoking

Non smoker

3,420

1,328

38.8

2,092

61.2

0.025

Current smoker

1,999

850

42.5

1,149

57.5

Ex-smoker

576

237

41.1

339

58.9

Drinking

Non-drinker

1,715

688

40.1

1,027

59.9

<0.001

Moderate drinker

2,574

976

37.9

1,598

62.1

Excessive drinker

1,706

751

44.0

955

56.0

  1. *p-value: Pearson’s chi-squared test.