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Table 2 Sample characteristics across a range of working hours by men and women 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

 

20–35 h

36–40 h

41–52 h

52–68 h

≥69 h

20–35 h

36–40 h

41–52 h

52–68 h

≥69 h

Gender

3.2

22.0

40.7

24.3

9.8

6.5

23.3

42.5

20.1

6.6

Age

20–45

1.9

20.9

41.0

26.6

9.5

4.2

28.1

45.7

17.1

5.0

≥46

5.5

24.0

40.0

20.1

10.3

10.6

17.6

36.7

25.7

9.5

Self-rated health

Good

2.4

22.0

41.9

24.5

9.3

4.9

25.7

46.0

18.5

5.0

Poor

5.1

21.9

37.9

24.0

11.0

9.1

22.3

36.9

22.7

9.1

Working days

≤5 days

5.3

38.7

36.5

13.2

6.3

11.5

49.7

29.6

7.6

1.6

>5 days

0.7

2.3

45.6

37.5

13.9

2.5

4.3

52.7

30.0

10.4

Job status

Regular

1.2

21.3

41.7

25.4

10.4

3.1

25.0

45.4

20.3

6.3

Temporary

8.3

21.7

35.7

19.9

14.4

12.4

22.9

34.1

21.3

9.2

Day labor

19.4

28.2

33.4

16.5

2.5

28.0

20.6

27.7

17.6

6.1

Work schedule

Day work

1.0

13.3

33.8

27.0

25.0

3.5

36.0

38.5

20.0

12.0

Shift/night work

3.6

23.5

41.9

23.9

7.2

6.7

24.2

42.8

20.1

8.2

Job Satisfaction

Yes

2.3

22.6

41.6

24.0

9.5

5.8

24.8

43.4

19.7

6.3

No

12.2

15.3

31.8

27.9

12.9

16.2

17.8

29.4

26.9

9.6

Education

Less than high school

11.5

16.4

35.7

24.7

11.8

13.1

17.0

30.1

29.1

10.8

High school

2.7

17.5

38.0

27.9

14.0

5.5

19.0

41.8

24.7

9.0

University or more

1.2

27.1

44.2

21.5

6.0

2.9

33.2

51.2

10.8

1.9

Monthly wage

1 (lowest quintile)

21.1

14.4

18.9

15.2

30.4

18.3

21.2

36.3

20.1

4.1

2

8.7

16.1

36.1

24.6

14.5

3.3

17.6

39.4

28.8

11.0

3

3.7

18.2

41.4

26.8

9.9

2.3

24.7

41.5

21.8

9.8

4

1.4

19.3

40.2

29.8

9.4

1.4

35.8

50.8

9.7

2.4

5 (highest quintile)

1.1

28.3

44.2

19.7

6.7

0.5

32.8

54.2

10.2

2.2

Smoking

Yes

3.8

20.2

39.7

26.4

9.8

5.7

25.7

28.6

22.9

17.1

No

2.4

24.2

42.0

21.6

9.8

6.5

24.3

42.7

20.1

6.4

Drinking

Yes

3.1

22.1

41.2

24.2

9.4

5.7

24.6

42.7

20.8

6.3

No

0.6

3.2

5.8

3.8

1.8

7.4

24.1

42.2

19.4

6.9

  1. The same number of observations were used as identified in Table 1