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Table 2 Working condition factors and Psychological well-being

From: Association between second-hand smoke and psychological well-being amongst non-smoking wageworkers in Republic of Korea

Variables

  

Psychological well-being

 
 

Total

Poor

Fair

Number

Number (%)

Number (%)

p-value

Total

 

19,879

7,200 (36.2)

12,679 (63.8)

 

Job type

blue collar

5,493

2,560 (46.6)

2,933 (53.4)

<0.001*

service

5,717

2,119 (37.1)

3,598 (62.9)

white collar

8,669

2,521 (29.1)

6,148 (70.9)

Employment type

Contingent

5,736

2,365 (41.2)

3,371 (55.6)

<0.001**

Regular

14,143

4,835 (34.2)

9,308 (65.8)

Employment stabilitya

Unstable

1,237

500 (40.4)

737 (59.6)

0.002**

Stable

18,628

6,692 (35.9)

11,936 (64.1)

Shift working

no

18,293

6,583 (36.0)

11,710 (64.0)

0.022**

yes

1,586

617 (38.9)

969 (61.1)

Weekly working time

<40 h

9,116

3,124 (34.3)

5,992 (65.7)

<0.001*

41–52 h

6,247

2,307 (36.9)

3,940 (63.1)

53–60 h

3,101

1,212 (39.1)

1,889 (60.9)

>61 h

1,415

557 (39.4)

858 (60.6)

Smoking area statusa

no designated

4,418

1,774 (40.2)

2,644 (59.8)

<0.001*

in working area

2,371

838 (35.3)

1,533 (64.7)

outside working area

9,435

3,160 (33.5)

6,275 (66.5)

Physical violence

absence

18,892

6,742 (35.7)

12,150 (64.3)

<0.001**

presence

987

458 (46.4)

529 (53.6)

Discrimination

absence

17,843

6,383 (35.8)

11,460 (64.2)

<0.001**

presence

2,036

817 (40.1)

1,219 (59.9)

  1. *Obtained by a chi-squared test
  2. **Obtained by a fisher’s exact test
  3. aObtained data after missing data were excluded (Employment stability: 14 missing data, Smoking area status: 3655 missing data)