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. 2015 Nov 30;30(12):1748–1753. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2015.30.12.1748

Table 1. Prevalence of depression, by demographic and occupational characteristics of substitute (daeri) drivers.

Characteristics No.(%) drivers P value
Normal Depression*
Age (yr) 0.343
 30-39 4 (80.0) 1 (20.0)
 40-49 42 (80.8) 10 (19.2)
 50-59 75 (82.4) 16 (17.6)
 60-69 13 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
Marital status 0.700
 Married and living together 89 (82.4) 19 (17.6)
 Never married 21 (80.8) 5 (19.2)
 Married but divorced or widowed 24 (88.9) 3 (11.1)
Educational level 0.056
 ≤ High school graduate 52 (92.9) 4 (7.1)
 Junior college graduate 29 (78.4) 8 (21.6)
 College graduate 50 (78.1) 14 (21.9)
 Graduate school or more 2 (66.7) 1 (33.3)
Household income 0.270
 ≤ 1.5 million won 27 (75.0) 9 (25.0)
 ≤ 2.5 million won 39 (83.0) 8 (17.0)
 > 2.5 million won 68 (87.2) 10 (12.8)
Length of time worked at the job (yr) 0.896
 <1 26 (81.3) 6 (18.8)
 <3 34 (81.0) 8 (19.1)
 <6 33 (86.8) 5 (13.2)
 ≥6 37 (82.2) 8 (17.8)
Daily working hours (hr) 0.576
 ≤8 78 (85.7) 13 (14.3)
 ≤10 38 (79.2) 10 (20.8)
 >10 16 (80.0) 4 (20.0)
Working days per month (day) 0.543
 ≤ 22 35 (81.4) 8 (18.6)
 ≤ 26 66 (81.5) 15 (18.5)
 > 26 33 (89.2) 4 (10.8)
Verbal violence, over the past year 0.034
 ≤ 4 times a year 84 (88.4) 11 (11.6)
 > 4 times a year 50 (75.8) 16 (24.2)
Physical violence, over the past year 0.017
 Never experienced 83 (89.3) 10 (10.8)
 Experienced 51 (75.0) 17 (25.0)

*Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) ≥21.