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. 2023 Mar 8;20(6):4748. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20064748

Table 3.

Association between each labour-market characteristic and poor self-rated health among Chinese employees.

N
(Col %)
Poor SRH
(Prevalence %)
OR (95% CI)
Age- and Sex-Adjusted
OR (95% CI)
Fully Adjusted 1
N = 2449 N = 293 (12)
Supervisory position
Yes 340 (14) 23 (7) Ref Ref
No 2052 (84) 262 (13) 1.86 (1.19, 2.91) * 1.62 (1.01, 2.58) *
Missing 2 57 (2) 8 (14) 1.82 (0.76, 4.35) 1.45 (0.59, 3.55)
Receiving wages from
Place of work 2223 (91) 258 (12) Ref Ref
Labour dispatch company 202 (8) 29 (14) 1.27 (0.84, 1.93) 1.11 (0.72, 1.70)
Missing 2 24 (1) 6 (25) 2.13 (0.83, 5.47) 1.70 (0.65, 4.47)
Employment type at current workplace
Contract worker 753 (31) 72 (10) Ref Ref
Labour dispatch worker 182 (7) 19 (10) 1.08 (0.63, 1.84) 0.99 (0.57, 1.71)
Casual/Part-time worker 1299 (53) 174 (13) 1.34 (1.00, 1.80) 1.14 (0.81, 1.60)
Missing 3 215 (9) 28 (13) 1.33 (0.83, 2.12) 1.26 (0.78, 2.03)
Labour contract in written form
Yes 588 (24) 51 (9) Ref Ref
No 1787 (73) 226 (13) 1.41 (1.02, 1.95) * 1.21 (0.84, 1.73)
Missing 2 74 (3) 16 (22) 2.53 (1.34, 4.76) * 2.09 (1.08, 4.04) *
Asked if had labour contract:
Labour contract period
Defined period 284 (12) 26 (9) Ref Ref
Not defined 299 (12) 25 (8) 0.88 (0.50, 1.57) 0.90 (0.50, 1.62)
Same as the term of the project 7 (0.3) 0 (0) - -
Missing 3 1859 (76) 242 (13) 1.35 (0.88, 2.08) 1.17 (0.75, 1.84)
Paid vacation/paid sick leave (Num. of Days)
≥1 306 (13) 25 (8) Ref Ref
0 2083 (85) 258 (12) 1.45 (0.94, 2.23) 1.21 (0.76, 1.92)
Missing 3 60 (2) 10 (17) 1.82 (0.81, 4.06) 1.39 (0.61, 3.19)
Fringe benefits
Yes 722 (30) 71 (10) Ref Ref
No 1650 (67) 206 (13) 1.27 (0.95, 1.69) 1.22 (0.91, 1.63)
Missing 2 77 (3) 16 (21) 2.10 (1.14, 3.86) * 1.86 (1.00, 3.46)

Abbreviations: SRH self-rated health, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval. 1 Adjusted for age, sex, marital status, education, residence, regions, smoking status, and alcohol consumption. 2 Implausible value or not answered. 3 Implausible values, not answered, or not asked. * p < 0.05.