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Table 1 Subjects’ General characteristics according to Occupational characteristics

From: Association between supervisors’ behavior and wage workers’ job stress in Korea: analysis of the fourth Korean working conditions survey

  

Number of employees

 

Sector

 
 

Total

<300 (%)

≥300 (%)

 

Public (%)

Private (%)

 

Total

19064a (100%)

17436 (91.5)

1628 (8.5)

 

2399 (12.6)

16665 (87.4)

 

Age

  ≤ 30

3302 (17.3)

3040 (17.4)

262 (16.1)

<0.001b

221 (9.2)

3081 (18.5)

<0.001b

 31 ~ 40

5201 (27.3)

4626 (26.5)

576 (35.4)

 

580 (24.2)

4621 (27.7)

 

 41 ~ 50

5480 (28.7)

5025 (28.8)

455 (27.9)

 

750 (31.3)

4731 (28.4)

 

 51 ~ 60

3383 (17.7)

3086 (17.7)

297 (18.2)

 

448 (18.7)

2935 (17.6)

 

  ≥ 61

1698 (8.9)

1660 (9.5)

38 (2.3)

 

400 (16.7)

1297 (7.8)

 

Sex

 Male

9770 (51.2)

8582 (49.2)

1188 (73.0)

<0.001b

1149 (47.9)

8622 (51.7)

<0.001b

 Female

9294 (48.8)

8854 (50.8)

440 (27.0)

 

1250 (52.1)

8044 (48.3)

 

Educational level

 High school or lower

8928 (46.8)

8406 (48.2)

523 (32.1)

<0.001b

800 (33.3)

8129 (48.8)

<0.001b

 College or higher

10136 (53.2)

9031 (51.8)

1105 (67.9)

 

1599 (66.7)

8536 (51.2)

 

General health condition

 Good

18525 (97.2)

16931 (97.1)

1594 (97.9)

0.060b

2290 (95.5)

16235 (97.4)

<0.001b

 Bad

539 (2.8)

505 (2.9)

34 (2.1)

 

109 (4.5)

430 (2.6)

 

Income

  < 100

1906 (10.0)

1881 (10.8)

25 (1.5)

<0.001b

504 (21.0)

1402 (8.4)

<0.001b

 100 ~ 199

6475 (34.0)

6282 (36.0)

192 (11.8)

 

408 (17.0)

6066 (36.4)

 

 200 ~ 299

5737 (30.1)

5289 (30.3)

448 (27.5)

 

618 (25.8)

5119 (30.7)

 

  ≥ 300

4946 (25.9)

3984 (22.8)

962 (59.1)

 

868 (36.2)

4078 (24.5)

 

Job stress

 High

14443 (75.8)

13174 (75.6)

1269 (77.9)

0.031b

1711 (71.3)

12733 (76.4)

<0.001b

 Low

4621 (24.2)

4262 (24.4)

359 (22.1)

 

688 (28.7)

3933 (23.6)

 
  1. aweighted frequency
  2. bBased on the chi-square test