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. 2013 Dec 27;25:41. doi: 10.1186/2052-4374-25-41

Table 1.

Number of workers with sleep disturbance by general and occupational characteristics

 
 
 
Sleep disturbance
 
  N % No (%) Yes (%) p-value*
Total
7112
100.0
6876
96.7
236
3.3
 
Gender
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Female
2928
41.2
2833
96.8
95
3.2
0.771
 Male
4184
58.8
4043
96.6
141
3.4
 
Age
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 <30
1481
20.8
1442
97.4
39
2.6
0.524
 30-39
2057
28.9
1985
96.5
72
3.5
 
 40-49
1880
26.4
1812
96.4
68
3.6
 
 50-59
1155
16.2
1118
96.8
37
3.2
 
 ≥60
539
7.6
519
96.3
20
3.7
 
Educational status
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Middle school or below
973
13.7
936
96.2
37
3.8
0.047
 High school
2966
41.7
2886
97.3
80
2.7
 
 College or above
3172
44.6
3053
96.2
119
3.8
 
Smoking
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Non-smoker
3884
54.6
3751
96.6
133
3.4
0.847
 Ex-smoker
697
9.8
674
96.7
23
3.3
 
 Smoker
2531
35.6
2451
96.8
80
3.2
 
Drinking frequency
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 None
1938
27.3
1891
97.6
47
2.4
0.026
 ≤1 per week
2965
41.7
2862
96.5
103
3.5
 
 ≥2 per week
2208
31.1
2122
96.1
86
3.9
 
Employment status
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Regular
4568
64.2
4430
97.0
135
3.0
0.061
 Temporary
2544
35.8
2446
96.1
98
3.9
 
 Job type
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 White collar
3081
43.3
2966
96.3
115
3.7
0.006
 Service
1350
19.0
1324
98.1
26
1.9
 
 Blue collar
2680
37.7
2586
96.5
94
3.5
 
Number of employees
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 <5
1526
22.3
1474
96.6
52
3.4
<0.001
 5-49
3295
48.4
3210
97.4
85
2.6
 
 50-299
1315
19.3
1246
94.8
69
5.2
 
 ≥300
689
10.0
667
96.8
22
3.2
 
Tenure (yr)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 <1
1477
20.8
1431
96.9
46
3.1
0.764
 1-9
4084
57.4
3943
96.5
141
3.5
 
 ≥10
1550
21.8
1501
96.8
49
3.2
 
Working time (hr/wk)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 <40
1105
15.5
1083
98.0
22
2.0
<0.001
 40-48
3801
53.5
3697
97.3
104
2.7
 
 49-60
1624
22.8
1562
96.2
62
3.8
 
 ≥61
581
8.2
533
91.7
48
8.3
 
Shift work
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 No
6337
89.1
6153
97.1
184
2.9
<0.001
 Yes
774
10.9
722
93.3
52
6.7
 
Hypertension
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 No
6622
93.1
6412
96.8
210
3.2
0.011
 Yes
490
6.9
464
94.7
26
5.3
 
Obesity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 No
6885
96.8
6667
96.8
218
3.2
<0.001
 Yes
226
3.2
209
92.5
17
7.5
 
Depressive symptoms
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 No
6999
98.4
6811
97.3
188
2.7
<0.001
 Yes 113 1.6 65 57.5 48 42.5  

*based on a chi-squared test.