Skip to main content
. 2017 Feb 20;55(3):265–274. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.2016-0069

Table 1. Characteristics of service workers according to their experience of experience of depression and anxiety symptoms in the past 12 months.

Men (n=8,255) Women (n=7,414)



Experience of depression and anxiety symptoms Experience of depression and anxiety symptoms
Yes
(n=92, %=1.1)
No
(n=8,163, %=98.9)
p Yes
(n=106, %=1.4)
No
(n=7,308, %=98.6)
p
Age 42.2 ± 12.6 41.1 ± 12.1 0.39 42.0 ± 10.4 38.7 ± 11.2 0.002
Engaging with Complaints
rarely 50 (0.8) 5,919 (99.2) <0.01 56 (1.1) 5,298 (98.9) <0.01
sometimes 33 (1.7) 1,940 (98.3) 38 (2.1) 1,757 (97.9)
always 9 (2.9) 304 (97.1) 12 (4.5) 253 (95.5)
Suppressing Emotion
rarely 19 (0.7) 2,692 (99.3) 0.017 20 (0.9) 2,226 (99.1) <0.01
sometimes 35 (1.1) 3,023 (98.9) 30 (1.1) 2,775 (98.9)
always 38 (1.5) 2,448 (98.5) 56 (2.4) 2,307 (97.6)
Income level (per month)
<1,000,000 Won 6 (0.9) 641 (99.1) 0.253 24 (1.7) 1,409 (98.3) 0.159
<2,000,000 Won 35 (1.4) 2,489 (98.6) 51 (1.3) 3,966 (98.7)
<3,000,000 Won 23 (0.8) 2,740 (99.2) 16 (1.2) 1,293 (98.8)
≥3,000,000 Won 28 (1.2) 2,293 (98.8) 15 (2.3) 640 (97.7)
Education level
middle school or below 7 (1.2) 602 (98.8) 0.965 8 (1.4) 552 (98.6) 0.953
high school 32 (1.1) 2,948 (98.9) 45 (1.5) 2,996 (98.5)
university 53 (1.1) 4,613 (98.9) 53 (1.4) 3,760 (98.6)
Job satisfaction
satisfied 51 (0.8) 6,211 (99.2) <0.01 57 (1.0) 5,645 (99.0) <0.01
unsatisfied 41 (2.1) 1,952 (97.9) 49 (2.9) 1,663 (97.1)
Working hours per week
<40 h per wk 27 (1.0) 2,776 (99.0) 0.626 40 (1.3) 3,106 (98.7) 0.304
<50 h per wk 33 (1.2) 2,660 (98.8) 40 (1.8) 2,250 (98.3)
≥50 h per wk 32 (1.2) 2,727 (98.8) 26 (1.3) 1,952 (98.7)