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Table 7 Age-adjusted Occupational Disparities in Behavioral Risk Factors by Gender (1998)

From: Socioeconomic disparities in behavioral risk factors and health outcomes by gender in the Republic of Korea

	Male							Female
	All (%)	Class I	Class II	Class III	Class IV	Class V	Class VI	All (%)	Class I	Class II	Class III	Class IV	Class V	Class VI
Smoking
Never	16.06	24.41	17.40	13.81	15.48	17.58	13.65	93.46	97.87	93.24	90.18	91.23	96.93	91.57
Ex	19.60	20.14	23.09	15.16	17.79	19.91	14.63	1.93	0.47	3.07	1.77	1.88	1.77	1.95
Current	64.34	55.45	59.51	71.03	66.73	62.51	71.72	4.61	1.66	3.69	8.05	6.89	1.31	6.48
	χ2 = 1002.43(p < .01, df = 10)							χ2 = 312.52(p < .01, df = 10)
Alcohol
No	29.00	24.18	29.87	25.77	29.63	23.64	24.18	71.79	76.34	59.87	64.63	59.63	78.90	66.27
Moderate	35.14	38.58	39.62	31.23	40.36	30.25	38.14	24.19	23.66	32.28	25.93	33.52	17.41	30.88
Heavy	35.87	27.42	36.19	38.90	33.87	40.12	38.22	4.03	0.00	7.85	9.44	6.85	3.69	2.85
	χ2 = 806.58(p < .01, df = 10)							χ2 = 774.32(p < .01, df = 10)
Obesity
No	71.07	65.22	68.58	65.38	70.86	75.42	80.23	68.92	88.54	77.85	63.94	74.40	65.20	59.48
Obesity	28.93	34.78	31.42	34.62	29.14	24.58	19.77	31.08	11.46	22.15	36.06	25.60	34.80	40.52
	χ2 = 579.03(p < .01, df = 5)							χ2 = 942.24(p < .01, df = 5)
Exercise
No	78.01	66.05	73.72	79.08	80.69	89.82	81.99	83.67	83.15	84.46	89.64	88.13	98.23	89.76
Regular	21.99	33.95	26.28	20.92	19.37	10.18	18.01	16.33	16.85	15.54	10.36	11.87	1.77	10.24
	χ2 = 1505.30(p < .01, df = 5)							χ2 = 315.46(p < .01, df = 5)
Sleeping
No	34.17	39.09	33.32	32.43	34.49	29.97	40.32	41.26	43.78	44.50	50.11	44.94	38.80	55.78
Adequate	65.83	60.97	66.68	67.57	65.51	70.03	59.68	58.74	56.22	55.50	49.89	55.06	61.20	44.22
	χ2 = 256.52(p < .01, df = 5)							χ2 = 297.76(p < .01, df = 5)

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