Table 2 The distribution of study subjects and the prevalence of poor self-rated health according to potential mediating variables among South Korean employed men aged 19–64
| Â | Â | Â | No. (column %) of subjects | No. (%) of poor self-rated health | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Â | Â | 4392 (100.0) | 585 (13.3) | Â |
Material factors | Income | Low | 969 (22.1) | 152 (15.7) | 0.004 |
Middle low | 1089 (24.8) | 151 (13.9) | Â | ||
Middle high | 1156 (26.3) | 156 (13.5) | Â | ||
High | 1178 (26.8) | 126 (10.7) | Â | ||
House ownership | 0–1 house | 3930 (89.5) | 529 (13.5) | 0.098 | |
≥ 2 houses | 462 (10.5) | 56 (12.1) |  | ||
Health behavioral factors | Smoking | Never | 776 (17.7) | 90 (11.6) | 0.079 |
Former | 1445 (32.9) | 195 (13.5) | Â | ||
Current | 2171 (49.4) | 300 (13.8) | Â | ||
Alcohol use | Never or nearly never drinker | 929 (21.2) | 150 (16.1) | 0.002 | |
Moderate drinker | 2339 (53.3) | 273 (11.7) | Â | ||
High risk drinker | 1124 (25.6) | 162 (14.4) | Â | ||
Physical activity | No | 3061 (69.7) | 388 (12.7) | 0.107 | |
Yes | 1331 (30.3) | 197 (14.8) | Â | ||
Psychosocial factors | Feeling of depression | No | 3991 (90.9) | 479 (12.0) | <0.001 |
Yes | 401 (9.1) | 106 (26.4) | Â | ||
Perceived level of stress | Nearly none | 547 (12.5) | 51 (9.3) | <0.001 | |
Low | 2583 (58.8) | 290 (11.2) | Â | ||
High | 1043 (23.7) | 180 (17.3) | Â | ||
Very high | 219 (5.0) | 64 (29.2) | Â | ||
Workplace environmental factors | Physical environment | Very good | 855 (19.5) | 85 (9.9) | <0.001 |
Good | 1422 (32.4) | 158 (11.1) | Â | ||
Bad | 1303 (29.7) | 186 (14.3) | Â | ||
Very bad | 812 (18.5) | 156 (19.2) | Â | ||
Psychological environment | Very good | 663 (15.1) | 78 (11.8) | <0.001 | |
Good | 1737 (39.5) | 193 (11.1) | Â | ||
Bad | 1579 (36.0) | 229 (14.5) | Â | ||
Very bad | 413 (9.4) | 85 (20.6) | Â |