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Table 1 General characteristics and occupational characteristics of study subjects by self-perceived health

From: Association between working time quality and self-perceived health: analysis of the 3rd Korean working conditions survey (2011)

Characteristics

N

Percent

Self-perceived health

p-value

Good (%)

Bad (%)

Sex

    

0.142

 Male

21,286

59.3

15,202(71.4)

6084(28.6)

 

 Female

14,616

40.7

10,334(70.7)

4282(29.3)

 

Age (year)

    

<0.001

 15-29

5588

15.6

4529(81.0)

1059(19.0)

 

 30-39

10,971

30.6

8370(76.3)

2601(23.7)

 

 40-49

10,488

29.2

7439(70.9)

3049(29.1)

 

 50-59

6059

16.9

3790(62.6)

2269(37.4)

 

 60-

2797

7.8

1408(50.3)

1389(49.7)

 

Income (won)

    

<0.001

 -990,000

4150

11.6

2610(62.9)

1540(37.1)

 

 1,000,000-1,990,000

13,533

37.7

9455(69.9)

4078(30.1)

 

 2,000,000-2,990,000

10,085

28.1

7427(73.6)

2658(26.4)

 

 3,000,000-

8134

22.7

6044(74.3)

2090(25.7)

 

Education

    

<0.001

 Middle school graduation or less

3894

10.8

1989(51.1)

1905(48.9)

 

 High graduation

13,155

36.6

9222(70.1)

3933(29.9)

 

 University graduation or more

18,853

52.5

14,325(76.0)

4528(24.0)

 

Alcohol

    

0.249

 No

8215

22.9

5676(69.1)

2539(30.9)

 

  ≤ Once per week

18,231

50.8

13,232(72.6)

4999(27.4)

 

  ≥ Twice per week

9456

26.3

6628(70.1)

2828(29.9)

 

Smoking

    

0.661

 Non-smoker

19,613

54.8

13,939(71.1)

5674(28.9)

 

 Ex-smoker

4037

11.2

2859(70.8)

1178(29.2)

 

 Current-smoker

12,252

34.1

8738(71.3)

3514(28.7)

 

Occupation

    

<0.001

 White collar

13,776

38.4

10,547(76.6)

3229(23.4)

 

 Service, sales worker

9846

27.4

7088(72.0)

2758(28.0)

 

 Blue collar

12,280

34.2

7902(64.3)

4378(35.7)

 

Employment type

    

<0.001

 Regular

28,542

79.5

21,002(73.6)

7540(26.4)

 

 Temporary or part-time

7360

20.5

4533(61.6)

2827(38.4)

 

Work hours per week (hours)

    

<0.001

  ≤ 45 h

16,173

45

12,089(74.7)

4084(25.3)

 

  > 45 h

19,729

55

13,447(68.2)

6282(31.8)

 

Tenure(years)

    

0.247

  ≥ 1 yr

30,672

85.4

21,781(71.0)

8891(29.0)

 

  < 1 yr

5230

14.6

3755(71.8)

1475(28.2)

 

Shift work

    

0.001

 No

32,533

90.6

23,225(71.4)

9308(28.6)

 

 Yes

3368

9.4

2310(68.6)

1058(31.4)

 

Workplace scale (person)

    

0.342

 ~99

29,253

81.5

20,708(70.8)

8545(29.2)

 

 100~999

4132

11.5

3084(74.6)

1048(25.4)

 

 999~

1353

3.8

1024(75.7)

329(24.3)

 

 Unknown

1163

3.2

719(61.8)

444(38.2)

 

Work at night

    

<0.001

 No

31,278

87.1

22,537(72.1)

8741(27.9)

 

 Yes

4624

12.9

2999(64.9)

1625(35.1)

 

Work in the evening

    

<0.001

 No

19,283

53.7

14,074(73.0)

5209(27.0)

 

 Yes

16,619

46.3

11,462(69.0)

5157(31.0)

 

Work on Sundays

    

<0.001

 No

28,035

78.1

20,336(72.5)

7699(27.5)

 

 Yes

7868

21.9

5200(66.1)

2668(33.9)

 

Work on Saturdays

    

<0.001

 No

15,074

42

11,205(74.3)

3869(25.7)

 

 Yes

20,827

58

14,330(68.8)

6497(31.2)

 

Working more than 10 h a day

    

<0.001

 No

21,035

58.6

15,494(73.7)

5541(26.3)

 

 Yes

14,867

41.4

10,042(67.5)

4825(32.5)

 

Total

35,902

100.0

25,536(71.1)

10,366(28.9)

 
  1. Pearson’s chi-squared test