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Table 1 Sociodemographic and occupational characteristics of the participants according to telecommuting status

From: Telecommuting-related health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea: a national population-based cross-sectional study

 

Telecommuter

Daily commuter

  

Characteristics

Male

Female

 

p-value

 

Total

 

338

312

14,801

  

Age

       
 

15–29

21

(6.24)

71

(22.68)

2,597

(17.54)

0.0002

 

30–39

101

(29.74)

110

(35.34)

4,656

(17.54)

 
 

40–49

130

(38.35)

85

(27.23)

4,490

(31.46)

 
 

50–59

63

(18.49)

43

(13.86)

2,575

(31.46)

 
 

≥ 60

24

(7.19)

3

(0.89)

483

(30.34)

 

Education

       
 

Below high school

19

(5.68)

33

(10.47)

1,444

(9.76)

< 0.0001

 

College

248

(73.77)

232

(74.44)

12,259

(82.85)

 
 

Graduate school

69

(20.54)

47

(15.10)

1,094

(7.40)

 

Income (10,000KRW/month)

       
 

< 200

13

(4.28)

75

(25.96)

1,624

(11.59)

< 0.0001

 

200–299

49

(15.59)

114

(39.55)

4,698

(33.50)

 
 

300–399

81

(25.96)

51

(17.53)

3,721

(26.54)

 
 

≥ 400

169

(54.16)

49

(16.96)

3,978

(28.37)

 

Household number

       
 

1

23

(6.91)

28

(9.00)

1,075

(7.26)

0.9043

 

2

47

(13.91)

44

(14.10)

2,082

(14.07)

 
 

≥ 3

268

(79.18)

240

(76.90)

11,645

(78.67)

 

Working hours (/week)

       
 

< 40

34

(10.03)

87

(27.77)

1,040

(7.03)

< 0.0001

 

40–52

297

(87.73)

220

(70.51)

13,419

(90.66)

 
 

> 52

8

(2.24)

5

(1.73)

342

(2.31)

 

Shiftwork

        
 

No

334

(98.67)

304

(99.05)

14,142

(95.81)

0.02

 

Yes

5

(1.33)

3

(0.95)

619

(4.19)

 

Occupation Type

       
 

Manager

/Professional

235

(69.53)

190

(60.78)

7,429

(50.19)

< 0.0001

 

Clerk

103

(30.47)

122

(39.22)

7,372

(49.81)

 
  1. Values are presented as number (%)