Table 2.
The distribution of study subjects and the prevalence of poor self-rated health according to potential mediating variables among South Korean employed men aged 19–64
| No. (column %) of subjects | No. (%) of poor self-rated health | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 4392 (100.0) | 585 (13.3) | |||
| Material factors | Income | Low | 969 (22.1) | 152 (15.7) | 0.004 |
| Middle low | 1089 (24.8) | 151 (13.9) | |||
| Middle high | 1156 (26.3) | 156 (13.5) | |||
| High | 1178 (26.8) | 126 (10.7) | |||
| House ownership | 0–1 house | 3930 (89.5) | 529 (13.5) | 0.098 | |
| ≥ 2 houses | 462 (10.5) | 56 (12.1) | |||
| Health behavioral factors | Smoking | Never | 776 (17.7) | 90 (11.6) | 0.079 |
| Former | 1445 (32.9) | 195 (13.5) | |||
| Current | 2171 (49.4) | 300 (13.8) | |||
| Alcohol use | Never or nearly never drinker | 929 (21.2) | 150 (16.1) | 0.002 | |
| Moderate drinker | 2339 (53.3) | 273 (11.7) | |||
| High risk drinker | 1124 (25.6) | 162 (14.4) | |||
| Physical activity | No | 3061 (69.7) | 388 (12.7) | 0.107 | |
| Yes | 1331 (30.3) | 197 (14.8) | |||
| Psychosocial factors | Feeling of depression | No | 3991 (90.9) | 479 (12.0) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 401 (9.1) | 106 (26.4) | |||
| Perceived level of stress | Nearly none | 547 (12.5) | 51 (9.3) | <0.001 | |
| Low | 2583 (58.8) | 290 (11.2) | |||
| High | 1043 (23.7) | 180 (17.3) | |||
| Very high | 219 (5.0) | 64 (29.2) | |||
| Workplace environmental factors | Physical environment | Very good | 855 (19.5) | 85 (9.9) | <0.001 |
| Good | 1422 (32.4) | 158 (11.1) | |||
| Bad | 1303 (29.7) | 186 (14.3) | |||
| Very bad | 812 (18.5) | 156 (19.2) | |||
| Psychological environment | Very good | 663 (15.1) | 78 (11.8) | <0.001 | |
| Good | 1737 (39.5) | 193 (11.1) | |||
| Bad | 1579 (36.0) | 229 (14.5) | |||
| Very bad | 413 (9.4) | 85 (20.6) |
P values were from from Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel chi square tests with adjustment for age