Table 2. Sociodemographic and structural factors and well-being of female respondents.
| Total | Well-being | p-value* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | |||||||
| N | N | % | N | % | ||||
| Total | 13,980 | 8,023 | 57.4 | 5,957 | 42.6 | |||
| Age (years) | ≤29 | 2,871 | 1,766 | 61.5 | 1,105 | 38.5 | <0.001 | |
| 30–39 | 3,995 | 2,445 | 61.2 | 1,550 | 38.8 | |||
| 40–49 | 4,191 | 2,373 | 56.6 | 1,818 | 43.4 | |||
| 50–59 | 1,992 | 1,019 | 51.2 | 973 | 48.8 | |||
| ≥60 | 931 | 420 | 45.1 | 511 | 54.9 | |||
| Education | Middle school | 1,849 | 810 | 43.8 | 1,039 | 56.2 | <0.001 | |
| High school | 5,714 | 3,196 | 55.9 | 2,518 | 44.1 | |||
| Junior college | 2,744 | 1,695 | 61.8 | 1,049 | 38.2 | |||
| College or higher | 3,673 | 2,322 | 63.2 | 1,351 | 36.8 | |||
| Monthly income (KRW) | <1 million | 3,043 | 1,502 | 49.4 | 1,541 | 50.6 | <0.001 | |
| 1–1.99 million | 7,525 | 4,430 | 58.9 | 3,095 | 41.1 | |||
| 2–2.99 million | 2,300 | 1,399 | 60.8 | 901 | 39.2 | |||
| ≥3 million | 1,112 | 692 | 62.2 | 420 | 37.8 | |||
| Smoking | Non-smoker | 12,793 | 7,321 | 57.2 | 5,472 | 42.8 | 0.156 | |
| Current smoker | 393 | 244 | 62.1 | 149 | 37.9 | |||
| Ex-smoker | 794 | 458 | 57.7 | 336 | 42.3 | |||
| Alcohol consumption | Non-drinker | 5,008 | 2,700 | 53.9 | 2,308 | 46.1 | <0.001 | |
| Moderate drinker | 7,647 | 4,665 | 61.0 | 2,982 | 39.0 | |||
| Excessive drinker | 1,325 | 658 | 49.7 | 667 | 50.3 | |||
| Occupation | White collar | 5,995 | 3,779 | 63.0 | 2,216 | 37.0 | <0.001 | |
| Blue collar | 3,161 | 1,494 | 47.3 | 1,667 | 52.7 | |||
| Pink collar | 4,824 | 2,750 | 57.0 | 2,074 | 43.0 | |||
| Working time | ≤40 | 6,317 | 3,588 | 56.8 | 2,729 | 43.2 | 0.149 | |
| 41–52 | 4,392 | 2,540 | 57.8 | 1,852 | 42.2 | |||
| 53–60 | 2,310 | 1,363 | 59.0 | 947 | 41.0 | |||
| ≥61 | 961 | 532 | 55.4 | 429 | 44.6 | |||
| Employment contract | Standard | 9,969 | 5,962 | 59.8 | 4,007 | 40.2 | <0.001 | |
| Contingent | 4,011 | 2,061 | 51.4 | 1,950 | 48.6 | |||
| Shift work | Absent | 13,073 | 7,547 | 57.7 | 5,526 | 42.3 | 0.002 | |
| Present | 907 | 476 | 52.5 | 431 | 47.5 | |||
| Number of employees | ≤4 | 4,645 | 2,709 | 58.3 | 1,936 | 41.7 | <0.001 | |
| 5–49 | 6,932 | 3,865 | 55.8 | 3,067 | 44.2 | |||
| 50–299 | 1,887 | 1,165 | 61.7 | 722 | 38.3 | |||
| ≥300 | 516 | 284 | 55.0 | 232 | 45.0 | |||
| Job dissatisfaction | Low | 10,445 | 6,631 | 63.5 | 3,814 | 36.5 | <0.001 | |
| High | 3,535 | 1,392 | 39.4 | 2,143 | 60.6 | |||
| Job insecurity | Low | 13,134 | 7,580 | 57.7 | 5,554 | 42.3 | 0.002 | |
| High | 846 | 443 | 52.4 | 403 | 47.6 | |||
| Lack of social support | Low | 10,492 | 6,422 | 61.2 | 4,070 | 38.8 | <0.001 | |
| High | 3,488 | 1,601 | 45.9 | 1,887 | 54.1 | |||
| Work intensity | Low | 8,691 | 5,085 | 58.5 | 3,606 | 41.5 | 0.001 | |
| High | 5,289 | 2,938 | 55.5 | 2,351 | 44.5 | |||
| Insufficient job autonomy | Low | 6,673 | 3,876 | 58.1 | 2,797 | 41.9 | 0.112 | |
| High | 7,307 | 4,147 | 56.8 | 3,160 | 43.2 | |||
| Lack of reward | Low | 10,425 | 6,510 | 62.4 | 3,915 | 37.6 | <0.001 | |
| High | 3,555 | 1,513 | 42.6 | 2,042 | 57.4 | |||
| Discrimination | No | 12,448 | 7,207 | 57.9 | 5,241 | 42.1 | 0.001 | |
| Yes | 1,532 | 816 | 53.3 | 716 | 46.7 | |||
| Violence at work | No | 13,194 | 7,674 | 58.2 | 5,520 | 41.8 | <0.001 | |
| Yes | 786 | 349 | 44.4 | 437 | 55.6 | |||
*Chi-square test for comparison between high and low well-being.