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. 2017 Jun 20;55(5):406–415. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.2016-0118

Table 2. Demographic and occupational characteristics of the study participants according to occupational category.

19–40 yr 41–60 yr


Occupational category Occupational category


Office work Service and sales Manual work p-value Office work Service and sales Manual work p-value






aweighted N % (SE) aweighted N % (SE) aweighted N % (SE) aweighted N % (SE) aweighted N % (SE) aweighted N % (SE)
Age (year, mean (SD)) 33.1 (0.2) 30.6 (0.7) 32.6 (0.4) <0.001 48.2 (0.3) 49.7 (0.5) 50.3 (0.2) <0.001
Working hours (per 1 wk, mean (SD)) 46.8 (0.8) 50.1 (1.5) 50.6 (1.0) 0.004 45.7 (0.6) 54.3 (1.5) 50.8 (0.9) <0.001
Education <0.0001 <0.001
middle school or less 9,383 0.5 (0.4) 25,522 3.1 (1.2) 103,637 7.1 (1.5) 51,306 3.2 (0.9) 156,747 20.8 (3.0) 976,312 40.0 (1.8)
high school 306,550 17.1 (1.8) 471,929 56.5 (3.4) 989,051 67.7 (2.5) 485,046 30.7 (2.4) 340,642 45.2 (3.6) 1,153,053 47.3 (1.8)
university or more 1,474,472 82.4 (1.8) 338,011 40.4 (3.3) 367,976 25.2 (2.7) 1,044,799 66.0 (2.4) 255,860 34.0 (3.2) 308,723 12.7 (1.2)
Household income <0.001 <0.001
low 80,008 4.5 (1.1) 51,909 6.2 (1.8) 119,998 8.2 (1.6) 48,306 3.1 (0.8) 23,025 3.1 (1.3) 207,011 8.5 (1.0)
low medium 352,410 19.7 (1.9) 263,734 31.6 (3.2) 485,674 33.3 (2.6) 211,341 13.4 (1.7) 172,785 23.0 (3.2) 798,521 32.8 (2.0)
medium high 723,294 40.4 (2.1) 269,399 32.2 (3.3) 526,332 36.0 (2.6) 491,893 31.1 (2.1) 217,729 28.9 (3.1) 807,083 33.1 (1.8)
high 634,693 35.4 (2.2) 250,420 30.0 (3.1) 328,659 22.5 (2.6) 829,611 52.5 (2.3) 339,710 45.1 (3.5) 625,474 25.7 (1.9)
Regular walking 0.533 0.086
less than 30 min or 5 d/wk 969,437 54.1 (2.5) 492,187 58.9 (3.7) 795,020 54.4 (2.8) 1,063,594 67.3 (2.1) 503,457 66.8 (3.5) 1,489,445 61.1 (2.0)
more than 30 min*5 d/wk 820,968 45.9 (2.5) 343,275 41.1 (3.7) 665,644 45.6 (2.8) 517,557 32.7 (2.1) 249,792 33.2 (3.5) 948,643 38.9 (2.0)
Alcohol intake 0.063 0.138
normal 675,976 38.1 (2.3) 223,731 27.4 (3.2) 470,632 32.9 (2.7) 596,375 38.4 (2.2) 228,445 31.8 (3.3) 901,700 38.8 (1.9)
heavy 712,055 40.1 (2.3) 370,249 45.3 (4.3) 582,720 40.7 (2.9) 559,198 36.0 (2.1) 230,867 32.1 (3.6) 719,004 31.0 (1.8)
very heavy 237,561 13.4 (1.6) 101,828 12.5 (2.9) 178,481 12.5 (2.0) 190,260 12.3 (1.5) 121,056 16.8 (2.6) 351,214 15.1 (1.4)
alcohol dependent 147,985 8.3 (1.5) 121,474 14.9 (2.6) 198,489 13.9 (1.9) 207,091 13.3 (1.5) 1,389,078 19.3 (3.0) 353,902 15.2 (1.7)
Marital status 0.001 0.003
married or cohabitating 1,149,254 64.2 (2.4) 407,081 48.7 (3.8) 832,092 57.0 (2.9) 1,510,046 95.5 (1.1) 704,042 93.5 (2.0) 2,181,782 89.5 (1.3)
separated or not married 641,152 35.8 (2.4) 428,381 51.3 (3.8) 628,572 43.0 (2.9) 71,105 4.5 (1.1) 49,207 6.5 (2.0) 256,306 10.5 (1.3)
Perceived stress 0.159 <0.001
less 1,178,809 65.8 (2.2) 571,846 68.4 (3.2) 1,052,590 72.1 (2.4) 1,043,231 66.0 (2.2) 586,149 77.8 (2.8) 1,949,645 80.0 (1.5)
much 611,596 34.1 (2.2) 263,616 31.6 (3.2) 408,074 27.9 (2.4) 537,920 34.0 (2.2) 167,100 22.2 (2.8) 488,443 20.0 (1.5)

Total 1,790,405 100 835,462 100 1,460,664 100 1,581,151 100 753,249 100 2,438,088 100

All study participants were male.

SD: standard deviation; SE: standard error; wk: week; and hr: hour.

aweighted N: weighted number in Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey is representative of Korean civilian noninstitutionalized census population