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. 2015 Dec 23;15:1287. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2641-1

Table 2.

Sample characteristics across a range of working hours by men and women pooled over seven years (2005–2011) in the Korean Labour and Income Panel Study

Men Women
20–35 h 36–40 h 41–52 h 52–68 h ≥69 h 20–35 h 36–40 h 41–52 h 52–68 h ≥69 h
Gender 3.2 22.0 40.7 24.3 9.8 6.5 23.3 42.5 20.1 6.6
Age
20–45 1.9 20.9 41.0 26.6 9.5 4.2 28.1 45.7 17.1 5.0
≥46 5.5 24.0 40.0 20.1 10.3 10.6 17.6 36.7 25.7 9.5
Self-rated health
Good 2.4 22.0 41.9 24.5 9.3 4.9 25.7 46.0 18.5 5.0
Poor 5.1 21.9 37.9 24.0 11.0 9.1 22.3 36.9 22.7 9.1
Working days
≤5 days 5.3 38.7 36.5 13.2 6.3 11.5 49.7 29.6 7.6 1.6
>5 days 0.7 2.3 45.6 37.5 13.9 2.5 4.3 52.7 30.0 10.4
Job status
Regular 1.2 21.3 41.7 25.4 10.4 3.1 25.0 45.4 20.3 6.3
Temporary 8.3 21.7 35.7 19.9 14.4 12.4 22.9 34.1 21.3 9.2
Day labor 19.4 28.2 33.4 16.5 2.5 28.0 20.6 27.7 17.6 6.1
Work schedule
Day work 1.0 13.3 33.8 27.0 25.0 3.5 36.0 38.5 20.0 12.0
Shift/night work 3.6 23.5 41.9 23.9 7.2 6.7 24.2 42.8 20.1 8.2
Job Satisfaction
Yes 2.3 22.6 41.6 24.0 9.5 5.8 24.8 43.4 19.7 6.3
No 12.2 15.3 31.8 27.9 12.9 16.2 17.8 29.4 26.9 9.6
Education
Less than high school 11.5 16.4 35.7 24.7 11.8 13.1 17.0 30.1 29.1 10.8
High school 2.7 17.5 38.0 27.9 14.0 5.5 19.0 41.8 24.7 9.0
University or more 1.2 27.1 44.2 21.5 6.0 2.9 33.2 51.2 10.8 1.9
Monthly wage
1 (lowest quintile) 21.1 14.4 18.9 15.2 30.4 18.3 21.2 36.3 20.1 4.1
2 8.7 16.1 36.1 24.6 14.5 3.3 17.6 39.4 28.8 11.0
3 3.7 18.2 41.4 26.8 9.9 2.3 24.7 41.5 21.8 9.8
4 1.4 19.3 40.2 29.8 9.4 1.4 35.8 50.8 9.7 2.4
5 (highest quintile) 1.1 28.3 44.2 19.7 6.7 0.5 32.8 54.2 10.2 2.2
Smoking
Yes 3.8 20.2 39.7 26.4 9.8 5.7 25.7 28.6 22.9 17.1
No 2.4 24.2 42.0 21.6 9.8 6.5 24.3 42.7 20.1 6.4
Drinking
Yes 3.1 22.1 41.2 24.2 9.4 5.7 24.6 42.7 20.8 6.3
No 0.6 3.2 5.8 3.8 1.8 7.4 24.1 42.2 19.4 6.9

The same number of observations were used as identified in Table 1