Table 4.

Working conditions and health-related quality of life instruments (EQ-5D index) of older wage workers

	M			F
	N	Mean ± S.D°	P-value	N	Mean ± S.D°	P-value
Occupation
Office work	204	0.975 ± 0.058	0.000	62	0.961 ± 0.065	0.008
Service work	24	0.984 ± 0.038		134	0.927 ± 0.133
Manufacturing work	185	0.962 ± 0.078		27	0.928 ± 0.096
Elementary occupations	299	0.938 ± 0.105		433	0.907 ± 0.127
Employment status
Regular employee	478	0.966 ± 0.067	0.000	278	0.941 ± 0.088	0.000
Temporary employee	121	0.942 ± 0.097		184	0.900 ± 0.153
Daily employee	113	0.928 ± 0.131		194	0.898 ± 0.130
Full-/Part -Time
Full time worker	627	0.957 ± 0.079	0.481	417	0.920 ± 0.119	0.009
Part time worker	85	0.950 ± 0.129		239	0.911 ± 0.131
Working hour /week
< 40	227	0.946 ± 0.106	0.043	396	0.905 ± 0.133	0.024
40 ~ 52	258	0.967 ± 0.069		168	0.930 ± 0.112
52 ~ 60	54	0.965 ± 0.085		33	0.940 ± 0.090
≥ 60	173	0.952 ± 0.081		59	0.945 ± 0.095
Shift work
Yes	210	0.957 ± 0.080	0.788	86	0.932 ± 0.096	0.217
No	502	0.956 ± 0.089		570	0.915 ± 0.127

SD standard deviation