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. 2026 Jul 8;26:2726. doi: 10.1186/s12889-026-28385-y

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study participants by workplace size

Variable 1 2–4 5–29 30–49 50–99 100–299 300–999 ≥ 1,000 Total
N 89,227 1,183,181 3,422,154 829,052 959,997 1,370,392 1,105,375 2,253,134 11,212,512
Sex, n (%)
 Male 52,828 (59.2) 581,475 (49.1) 1,723,964 (50.4) 452,159 (54.5) 539,924 (56.2) 825,421 (60.2) 684,961 (62.0) 1,399,351 (62.1) 6,260,083 (55.8)
 Female 36,399 (40.8) 601,706 (50.9) 1,698,190 (49.6) 376,893 (45.5) 420,073 (43.8) 544,971 (39.8) 420,414 (38.0) 853,783 (37.9) 4,952,429 (44.2)
Age, mean (SD) 46.1 (11.3) 43.2 (11.9) 42.8 (12.0) 43.1 (12.4) 42.6 (12.3) 41.4 (11.9) 40.0 (11.7) 39.2 (11.1) 41.7 (11.9)
 15–24 4,004 (4.5) 76,946 (6.5) 226,403 (6.6) 53,284 (6.4) 61,864 (6.4) 90,674 (6.6) 79,302 (7.2) 177,615 (7.9) 770,092 (6.9)
 25–34 11,700 (13.1) 234,896 (19.9) 748,567 (21.9) 189,151 (22.8) 233,933 (24.4) 372,352 (27.2) 344,425 (31.2) 699,502 (31.0) 2,834,526 (25.3)
 35–44 20,016 (22.4) 291,466 (24.6) 823,435 (24.1) 189,423 (22.8) 223,948 (23.3) 343,135 (25.0) 287,672 (26.0) 616,705 (27.4) 2,795,800 (24.9)
 45–54 29,902 (33.5) 335,737 (28.4) 924,922 (27.0) 206,274 (24.9) 232,826 (24.3) 321,509 (23.5) 231,994 (21.0) 517,698 (23.0) 2,800,862 (25.0)
 55–64 23,605 (26.5) 244,136 (20.6) 698,827 (20.4) 190,920 (23.0) 207,426 (21.6) 242,722 (17.7) 161,982 (14.7) 241,614 (10.7) 2,011,232 (17.9)
Income, mean (SD)ᵃ 2,796 (2,560) 2,473 (2,069) 3,299 (2,889) 3,770 (3,399) 3,963 (3,604) 4,468 (3,838) 5,204 (4,273) 6,697 (5,006) 4,313 (3,949)
Median income income 2,220 2,200 2,753 3,161 3,288 3,747 4,404 5,760 3,655

ᵃ Income in 10,000 Korean Won (KRW)

Abbreviation: SD standard deviation