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

Table 2. Demographic and occupational characteristics according to Engaging with Complaints and Suppressing Emotion.

Engaging with Complaints p-value Suppressing Emotion p-value


rarely sometimes always rarely sometimes always
Men
Age 0.559 <0.001
<30 1,017 (72.9) 319 (22.9) 59 (4.2) 465 (33.3) 499 (35.7) 431 (30.9)
30–49 3,499 (72.1) 1,168 (24.1) 188 (3.8) 1,502 (30.9) 1,835 (37.8) 1,518 (31.3)
≥ 50 1,453 (72.5) 486 (24.2) 66 (3.3) 744 (37.1) 724 (36.1) 537 (26.8)
Income level (per month) <0.001 <0.001
<1,000,000 Won 503 (77.7) 121 (18.7) 23 (3.6) 263 (40.6) 196 (30.3) 188 (29.1)
<2,000,000 Won 1,807 (71.6) 635 (25.2) 82 (3.2) 884 (35.0) 944 (37.4) 696 (27.6)
<3,000,000 Won 1,935 (70.0) 739 (26.8) 89 (3.2) 855 (30.9) 1,077 (39.0) 831 (30.1)
≥3,000,000 Won 1,724 (74.3) 478 (20.6) 119 (5.1) 709 (30.6) 841 (36.2) 771 (33.2)
Education level <0.001 <0.001
middle school or below 429 (70.4) 157 (25.8) 23 (3.8) 264 (43.4) 200 (32.8) 145 (23.8)
high school 2,042 (68.5) 817 (27.4) 121 (4.1) 1,036 (34.8) 1,195 (40.1) 749 (25.1)
university 3,498 (75.0) 999 (21.4) 169 (3.6) 1,411 (30.2) 1,663 (35.6) 1,592 (34.1)
Job satisfaction <0.001 <0.001
satisfied 4,639 (74.1) 1,401 (22.4) 222 (3.5) 2,028 (32.4) 2,270 (36.2) 1,964 (31.4)
non-satisfied 1,330 (66.7) 572 (28.7) 91 (4.6) 683 (34.3) 788 (39.5) 522 (26.2)
Working hours per week <0.001 <0.001
<40 h per wk 2,129 (76.0) 564 (20.1) 110 (3.9) 1,080 (38.5) 954 (34.0) 769 (27.4)
<50 h per wk 1,896 (70.4) 680 (25.3) 117 (4.3) 868 (32.2) 1,019 (37.8) 806 (29.9)
≥ 50 h per wk 1,944 (70.5) 729 (26.4) 86 (3.1) 763 (27.7) 1,085 (39.3) 911 (33.0)
Women
Age 0.005 <0.001
<30 1,282 (72.5) 422 (23.9) 64 (3.6) 501 (283) 647 (36.6) 620 (35.1)
30–49 3,135 (71.0) 1,125 (25.4) 158 (3.6) 1,303 (29.5) 1,707 (38.6) 1,408 (31.9)
≥ 50 937 (76.3) 248 (20.2) 43 (3.5) 442 (36.0) 451 (36.7) 335 (27.3)
Income level (per month) <0.001 <0.001
<1,000,000 Won 1,130 (78.8) 259 (18.1) 44 (3.1) 580 (40.5) 531 (37.0) 322 (22.5)
<2,000,000 Won 2,855 (71.1) 1,030 (25.6) 132 (3.3) 1,136 (28.3) 1,577 (39.3) 1,304 (32.5)
<3,000,000 Won 904 (69.1) 350 (26.7) 55 (4.2) 359 (27.4) 490 (37.4) 460 (35.1)
≥3,000,000 Won 465 (71.0) 156 (23.8) 34 (5.2) 171 (26.1) 207 (31.6) 277 (42.3)
Education level 0.002 <0.001
middle school or below 434 (77.5) 108 (19.3) 18 (3.2) 250 (44.6) 186 (33.2) 124 (22.1)
high school 2,150 (70.7) 794 (26.1) 97 (3.2) 928 (30.5) 1,225 (40.3) 888 (29.2)
university 2,770 (72.7) 893 (23.4) 150 (3.9) 1,068 (28.0) 1,394 (36.6) 1,351 (35.4)
Job satisfaction <0.001 0.1872
satisfied 4,238 (74.3) 1,283 (22.5) 181 (3.2) 1,722 (30.2) 2,133 (37.4) 1,847 (32.4)
non-satisfied 1,116 (65.2) 512 (29.9) 84 (4.9) 524 (30.6) 672 (39.3) 516 (30.1)
Working hours per week <0.001 <0.001
<40 h per wk 2,355 (74.9) 696 (22.1) 95 (3.0) 1,138 (36.2) 1,112 (35.3) 896 (28.5)
<50 h per wk 1,645 (71.8) 544 (23.8) 101 (4.4) 680 (29.7) 868 (37.9) 742 (32.4)
≥50 h per wk 1,354 (68.4) 555 (28.1) 69 (3.5) 428 (21.6) 825 (41.7) 725 (36.7)