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Table 2 Differences in general and occupational characteristics according to well-being

From: The association between perceived discriminations and well-being in Korean employed workers: the 4th Korean working conditions survey

 

Well-being

Fair

Poor

 

N (%)

N (%)

P-value*

General characteristics

 Gender

  Male

14,094 (82.6)

2972 (17.4)

0.097

  Female

13,034 (81.9)

2884 (18.1)

 

 Age (years)

   

  20–29

3754 (86.7)

578 (13.3)

<0.001

  30–39

7451 (86.4)

1173 (13.6)

 

  40–49

7988 (82.5)

1690 (17.5)

 

  50–59

5269 (79.6)

1353 (20.4)

 

   ≥ 60

2666 (71.5)

1063 (28.5)

 

 Education

  Middle school or below

2607 (69.7)

1132 (30.3)

<0.001

  High school

9564 (79.9)

2411 (20.1)

 

  Collegeb

3956 (84.4)

730 (15.6)

 

  University or above

11,002 (87.4)

1583 (12.6)

 

Occupational characteristics

 Occupation type

  Management/professional

4650 (86.8)

708 (13.2)

<0.001

  Office work

8194 (87.1)

1217 (12.9)

 

  Service/sales

6652 (82.6)

1401 (17.4)

 

  Technical

4137 (79.9)

1043 (20.1)

 

  Simple labor

3494 (70.2)

1486 (29.8)

 

 Monthly Income (10,000 won)

   < 130

5126 (75.9)

1625 (24.1)

<0.001

  130–199

6795 (80.3)

1668 (19.7)

 

  200–299

8077 (84.3)

1499 (15.7)

 

   ≥ 300

7130 (87.0)

1065 (13.0)

 

 Working hours (per week)

   ≤ 40

14,456 (83.2)

2911 (16.8)

<0.001

  41–52

8024 (83.3)

1603 (16.7)

 

  53–60

3291 (78.9)

879 (21.1)

 

   ≥ 61

1357 (74.6)

463 (25.4)

 

 Employment type

  Regular worker

21,199 (84.0)

4032 (16.0)

<0.001

  Temporary worker

4413 (78.9)

1183 (21.1)

 

  Day labor

1516 (70.3)

641 (29.7)

 
  1. *Calculating using Chi-square test
  2. P < 0.05
  3. ªa 2–3 years course college