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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study sample pooled over seven years (2005–2011) in the Korean Labour and Income Panel Study

From: Working hours and self-rated health over 7 years: gender differences in a Korean longitudinal study

 

Men

Women

 

Total

 

N (%a)

N (%)

p-valueb

%

Number of individuals

1072(67.9)

506(32.1)

 

100.0

Number of observations

6432(67.9)

3036(32.1)

 

100.0

Age

20–45

4137(64.3)

1957(64.5)

 

64.4

≥46

2295(35.7)

1079(35.5)

0.89

35.6

Self-rated healthc

Good

4458(69.3)

1855(61.1)

 

66.7

Poor

1974(30.7)

1181(38.9)

<0.001

33.3

Working hours

20–35 h

206(3.2)

197(6.5)

 

4.3

36–40 h

1414(22.0)

739(24.3)

 

22.7

41–52 h

2617(40.7)

1290(42.5)

 

41.3

53–68 h

1564(24.3)

611(20.1)

 

23.0

≥69 h

631(9.8)

199(6.6)

<0.001

8.8

Working days

≤5 days

3482(54.1)

1341(44.2)

 

51.0

>5 days

2950(45.9)

1695(55.8)

<0.001

49.1

Job status

Regular

5553(86.3)

2426(80.0)

 

84.3

Temporary

227(4.3)

314(10.3)

 

6.2

Day labor

602(9.4)

296(9.8)

<0.001

9.5

Work Schedule

Day work

957(14.9)

200(6.6)

 

12.2

Shift/night work

5475(85.1)

2836(93.4)

<0.001

87.8

Job satisfaction

Yes

5865(91.2)

2839(93.5)

 

92.0

No

567(8.8)

197(6.5)

0.001

8.1

Industry

    

Agriculture, fishing, mining and construction

1068(16.6)

113(3.7)

 

12.5

Manufacturing

1994(31.0)

697(23.0)

 

28.5

Retailer, restaurant and hotel

647(10.1)

596(19.7)

 

13.1

Financing, estate, transportation and information

1050(16.3)

317(10.5)

 

14.5

Health, social, educational and household services

1667(25.9)

1309(43.2)

<0.001

31.5

Occupation

Manager and professional

1537(24.1)

792(26.1)

 

24.7

White collar workers

1650(25.8)

1269(41.8)

 

40.0

Manual workers

3203(50.1)

975(32.1)

<0.001

44.3

Education

Less than high school

899(14.0)

825(27.2)

 

18.2

High school

2414(37.5)

952(31.4)

 

35.6

University or more

3119(48.5)

1259(41.5)

<0.001

46.2

Monthly wage

1 (lowest quintile)

270(4.2)

810(26.7)

 

11.4

2

565(8.8)

876(28.9)

 

15.2

3

1238(19.3)

523(17.2)

 

18.6

4

1926(29.9)

425(14.0)

 

24.8

5 (highest quintile)

2433(37.8)

402(13.2)

<0.001

29.9

Smoking

Yes

3586(55.8)

35(1.2)

 

38.2

No

2846(44.3)

3001(98.9)

<0.001

61.8

Drinking

Yes

5453(84.8)

1624(53.5)

 

74.8

No

979(15.2)

1412(46.5)

<0.001

25.3

  1. a%: row frequency apart from number of observations and individuals
  2. b p-value was obtained from Chi-square test
  3. cFor self-rated health, data were pooled over a period between 2006 and 2011, but for all other measures between 2005 and 2010