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Table 1 General and occupational characteristics of subjects associated with the weekly working hours

From: The association between long working hours and work-related musculoskeletal symptoms of Korean wage workers: data from the fourth Korean working conditions survey (a cross-sectional study)

Characteristics

Total(N,%)

Weekly working hours

p-value*

≤40

41-52

> 52

Total

24,783(100)

13,269(53.5)

6956(28.1)

4558(18.4)

 

Gender

 Female

11,890(48.0)

6934(58.3)

3182(26.8)

1774(14.9)

< 0.001

 Male

12,893(52.0)

6335(49.1)

3774(29.3)

2784(21.6)

 

Age (years)

 20–29

3481(14.0)

1841(52.9)

990(28.4)

650(18.7)

< 0.001

 30–39

6469(26.1)

3446(53.3)

1977(30.6)

1046(16.2)

 

 40–49

7280(29.4)

3959(54.4)

2103(28.9)

1218(16.7)

 

 50–59

4995(20.2)

2577(51.6)

1386(27.7)

1032(20.7)

 

  ≥ 60

2558(10.3)

1446(56.5)

500(19.5)

612(23.9)

 

Education

 Middle school graduate or below

2659(10.7)

1503(56.5)

552(20.8)

604(22.7)

< 0.001

 High school graduate

9536(38.5)

4354(45.7)

2727(28.6)

2455(25.7)

 

 College graduate or above

12,588(50.8)

7412(58.9)

3677(29.2)

1499(11.9)

 

Monthly income (KRW)

  < 1,300,000

5478(22.1)

3860(70.5)

984(18.0)

634(11.6)

< 0.001

 1,300,000-1,999,000

6548(26.4)

2747(42.0)

2079(31.8)

1722(26.3)

 

 2,000,000-2,999,000

6964(28.1)

3308(47.5)

2282(32.8)

1374(19.7)

 

  ≥ 3,000,000

5793(23.4)

3354(57.9)

1611(27.8)

828(14.3)

 

Occupation

 Managers or Professionals

2594(10.5)

1731(66.7)

665(25.6)

198(7.6)

< 0.001

 Office workers

6644(26.8)

4385(66.0)

1858(28.0)

401(6.0)

 

 Technicians

5438(21.9)

2279(41.9)

1890(34.8)

1269(23.3)

 

 Service or Sales workers

6525(26.3)

2877(44.1)

1808(27.7)

1840(23.7)

 

 Manual workers

3582(14.5)

1997(55.8)

735(20.5)

850(23.7)

 

Employment status

 Regular

18,754(75.7)

9606(51.2)

5729(30.5)

3419(18.2)

< 0.001

 Temporary or Day labor

6029(24.3)

3663(60.8)

1227(20.4)

1139(18.9)

 

Shift work

 No

22,250(89.8)

12,206(54.9)

6242(28.1)

3802(17.1)

< 0.001

 Yes

2533(10.2)

1063(42.0)

714(28.2)

756(29.8)

 

Number of employees

  < 50

18,082(73.0)

9220(51.0)

5149(28.5)

3713(20.5)

< 0.001

 50–299

4593(18.5)

2734(59.5)

1282(27.9)

577(12.6)

 

  ≥ 300

2108(8.5)

1315(62.4)

525(24.9)

268(12.7)

 
  1. *calculated by chi-square test