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Table 1 General and occupational characteristics of the individuals according to perceived discrimination

From: The association between perceived discrimination and depression/anxiety disorders among Korean workers: analysis of the third Korean Working Conditions Survey

 

Male (N = 22,020)

Female (N = 13,510)

 

Perceived discrimination

 

Perceived discrimination

N (%)

No (%)

Yes (%)

N (%)

No (%)

Yes (%)

General characteristics

Age (years)

 20–29

2331 (11.6)

2050 (87.9)

281 (12.1)*

2767 (20.5)

2410 (87.1)

357 (12.9)

 30–39

6456 (32.2)

5749 (89.0)

707 (11.0)

4123 (30.5)

3556 (86.2)

567 (13.8)

 40–49

5963 (29.8)

5335 (89.5)

628 (10.5)

4006 (29.7)

3472 (86.7)

534 (13.3)

 50–59

3718 (18.6)

3258 (87.6)

460 (12.4)

1806 (13.4)

1572 (87.1)

234 (12.9)

 ≥ 60

1552 (7.8)

1345 (86.7)

207 (13.3)

808 (6.0)

697 (86.3)

111 (13.7)

Education

 Middle school or below

1688 (8.4)

1432 (84.8)

256 (15.2)*

1520 (11.3)

1311 (86.2)

210 (13.8)*

 High school

7214 (36.0)

6373 (88.3)

841 (11.7)

4941 (36.6)

4336 (87.8)

605 (12.2)

 Collegea

3234 (16.2)

2812 (87.0)

422 (13.0)

2873 (21.3)

2473 (86.1)

400 (13.9)

 University or above

7884 (39.4)

7120 (90.3)

764 (9.7)

4176 (30.9)

3587 (85.9)

588 (14.1)

Alcohol drinking

 No

2751 (13.7)

2414 (87.7)

337 (12.3)

4605 (34.1)

4066 (88.3)

539 (11.7)*

 Yes

17,269 (86.3)

15,323 (88.7)

1946 (11.3)

8905 (65.9)

7642 (85.8)

1263 (14.2)

Smoking

 Nonsmoker

5875 (29.3)

5196 (88.4)

679 (11.6)

12,304 (91.1)

10,755 (87.4)

1549 (12.6)*

 Ex-smoker

3380 (16.9)

3009 (89.0)

371 (11.0)

407 (3.0)

343 (84.3)

64 (15.7)

 Current smoker

10,765 (53.8)

9532 (88.5)

1233 (11.5)

799 (5.9)

609 (76.3)

190 (23.8)

Occupational characteristics

Employment status

 Regular worker

16,983 (84.8)

15,188 (89.4)

1795 (10.6)*

10,454 (77.4)

9095 (87.0)

1359 (13.0)

 Temporary worker

1933 (9.7)

1691 (87.5)

242 (12.5)

2421 (17.9)

2062 (85.2)

359 (14.8)

 Day laborer

1104 (5.5)

858 (77.7)

246 (22.3)

635 (4.7)

551 (86.8)

84 (13.2)

Occupation type

 Management/professional

3835 (19.2)

3429 (89.4)

406 (10.6)*

3424 (25.3)

2941 (85.9)

483 (14.1)*

 Office work

5104 (25.5)

4580 (89.7)

524 (10.3)

3252 (24.1)

2790 (85.8)

462 (14.2)

 Service/sales

2444 (12.2)

2202 (90.1)

242 (9.9)

4040 (29.9)

3569 (88.3)

471 (11.7)

 Technical

6009 (30.0)

5343 (88.9)

666 (11.1)

948 (7.0)

824 (86.9)

124 (13.1)

 Simple labor

2628 (13.1)

2184 (83.1)

444 (16.9)

1846 (13.7)

1583 (85.8)

263 (14.2)

Income (/10,000/month)

 < 150

2809 (14.0)

2401 (85.5)

408 (14.5)*

6064 (44.9)

5358 (88.4)

706 (11.6)*

 150–199

3626 (18.1)

3110 (85.8)

516 (14.2)

3435 (25.4)

2977 (86.7)

458 (13.3)

 200–299

7078 (35.4)

6311 (89.2)

767 (10.8)

2634 (19.5)

2231 (84.7)

403 (15.3)

 ≥ 300

6508 (32.5)

5916 (90.9)

592 (9.1)

1377 (10.2)

1142 (82.9)

235 (17.1)

Number of employees

 < 5

3342 (16.7)

3023 (90.5)

319 (9.5)*

3923 (29.0)

3560 (90.7)

363 (9.3)*

 5–49

10,557 (52.7)

9283 (87.9)

1274 (12.1)

7045 (52.1)

6044 (85.8)

1001 (14.2)

 50–299

4067 (20.3)

3579 (88.0)

488 (12.0)

1984 (14.7)

1653 (83.3)

331 (16.7)

 ≥ 300

2054 (10.3)

1852 (90.2)

202 (9.8)

558 (4.1)

450 (80.6)

108 (19.4)

Tenure (years)

 < 2

6007 (30.0)

5256 (87.5)

751 (12.5)*

6405 (47.4)

5579 (87.1)

826 (12.9)

 2–4

4840 (24.2)

4257 (88.0)

583 (12.0)

4037 (29.9)

3474 (86.1)

563 (13.9)

 5–9

4391 (21.9)

3928 (89.5)

463 (10.5)

1991 (14.7)

1719 (86.3)

272 (13.7)

 ≥ 10

4782 (23.9)

4296 (89.8)

486 (10.2)

1077 (8.0)

935 (86.8)

142 (13.2)

Working hours (/week)

 ≤ 40

7285 (36.4)

6616 (90.8)

669 (9.2)*

6139 (45.4)

5355 (87.2)

784 (12.8)*

 41–48

4403 (22.0)

3921 (89.1)

482 (10.9)

3111 (23.0)

2724 (87.6)

387 (12.4)

 49–60

6248 (31.2)

5409 (86.6)

839 (13.4)

3327 (24.6)

2843 (85.4)

484 (14.6)

 > 60

2084 (10.4)

1792 (86.0)

292 (14.0)

933 (6.9)

786 (84.3)

147 (15.7)

Shift work

 No

17,673 (88.3)

15,697 (88.8)

1976 (11.2)*

12,688 (93.9)

11,047 (87.1)

1641 (12.9)*

 Yes

2347 (11.7)

2040 (86.9)

307 (13.1)

822 (6.1)

660 (80.3)

162 (19.7)

  1. *p < 0.05 using the chi-square test
  2. aa 2–3-year college degree