Employment conditions and use of gastric cancer screening services in Korea: a nationwide survey

Shim, Hye-Young; Jun, Jae Kwan; Shin, Ji-Yeon

doi:10.1186/s12889-019-6841-y

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Characteristics of study participants by cancer screening status (n = 5626)

From: Employment conditions and use of gastric cancer screening services in Korea: a nationwide survey

Variable	n	Weighted %^c	Regular gastric cancer screening		P-value
			Yes (n = 2626)	No (n = 3000)	P-value
			Weighted %^c	Weighted %^c
Age (years)
40–49	2125	49.7	43.3	56.7	< 0.001
50–59	1663	31.8	51.4	48.6
60–69	1204	13.3	50.3	49.7
≥ 70	634	5.2	39.0	61.0
Gender
Male	2878	61.3	47.0	53.0	0.977
Female	2748	38.7	46.3	53.7
Educational level^a
Below middle school	2066	25.5	45.8	54.2	< 0.001
Middle or high school	2577	51.8	45.4	54.6
College or above	982	22.7	51.9	48.1
Marital status^a
Married	4782	87.4	48.1	51.9	< 0.001
Not married (single, divorced, widowed)	819	12.6	38.3	61.7
Monthly household income^a
< 1000 USD	1324	14.7	42.2	57.8	< 0.001
1000–3000 USD	2174	40.6	45.6	54.4
≥ 3000 USD	2039	44.6	51.1	48.9
Alcohol consumption
Non-binge drinker	3724	59.0	46.9	53.1	0.007
Binge drinker	1504	32.2	47.7	52.3
Frequent binge drinker	398	8.8	40.7	59.3
Smoking^a
Never	3045	45.3	47.5	52.5	< 0.001
Ex-smoker	1303	26.7	50.6	49.4
Current smoker	1274	27.9	40.6	59.4
Employment status^a
Wage worker	2505	51.2	48.9	51.1	0.001
Self-employed	2511	42.0	43.2	56.8
Unpaid family worker	598	6.8	52.3	47.7
Occupational type^a
Professional/manager/ administrator	684	15.7	52.5	47.5	< 0.001
Office worker/clerk	382	8.8	55.2	44.8
Sales/service worker	1147	23.1	40.8	59.2
Agricultural/fishery worker	1470	13.7	49.5	50.5
Plant/machine operator	860	20.7	42.0	58.0
Manual worker	1077	17.9	46.0	54.0
Industry^a
Agriculture/fishery/ mining	1745	18.0	49.6	50.4	< 0.001
Manufacturing	590	13.5	52.2	47.8
Construction	368	9.6	36.7	63.3
Other services	2868	58.9	45.1	54.9
Work hours (/week)^a
≤ 40	2400	41.6	46.3	53.7	0.109
41–59	1732	32.2	49.8	50.2
≥ 60	1446	26.2	43.9	56.1
Work schedule^a
Day work	4757	82.6	47.2	52.8	0.290
Shift work	837	17.4	43.9	56.2
Work type^a
Full time	4758	85.6	47.4	52.6	0.022
Part time	844	14.4	43.4	56.6
Wage workers(n = 2505)
Employment status by employment contract term and job security^b
Regular worker	1506	64.5	52.2	47.8	< 0.001
Temporary worker	498	17.6	48.4	51.6
Daily worker	483	17.9	38.9	61.1
Employment status by salary source and business command^b
Working in original company	2155	87.1	50.5	49.5	0.001
Dispatched worker	76	3.2	32.9	67.1
Outsourced worker	249	9.7	43.0	57.0

^a The totals do not equal 5626 because of missing data
^b Measured only in the wage workers (n = 2505), and totals do not equal 2505 because of missing data
^c Weighted % was generated using the SAS SURVEYFREQ procedure, to account for weighting and clustering

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