Table 1.
Distribution of sample characteristics with psychosocial well-being
| Characteristics | WHO well-being group n (%) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good well-being | Poor well-being | ||
| Work-life balance | |||
| Good | 15,927 (59.1) | 11,027 (40.9) | < 0.001 |
| Poor | 4075 (46.3) | 4735 (53.7) | |
| Work-related characteristics | |||
| Job type | |||
| White collar | 3619 (63.0) | 2125 (37.0) | < 0.001 |
| Service | 9010 (61.3) | 5678 (38.7) | |
| Blue collar | 7536 (48.1) | 8131 (51.9) | |
| Weekly work hours | |||
| ≤ 47 | 13,322 (58.2) | 9576 (41.8) | < 0.001 |
| 48–52 | 3699 (56.5) | 2849 (43.5) | |
| ≥ 53 | 3065 (47.6) | 3370 (52.4) | |
| Work intensity | |||
| Low | 10,954 (55.7) | 8724 (44.3) | 0.341 |
| High | 9098 (56.2) | 7100 (43.8) | |
| Job autonomy | |||
| high | 9502 (58.7) | 6672 (41.3) | < 0.001 |
| low | 9200 (54.0) | 7832 (46.0) | |
| Job insecurity | |||
| secure | 18,344 (56.5) | 14,139 (43.5) | < 0.001 |
| insecure | 717 (51.4) | 678 (48.6) | |
| Support at work | |||
| high | 16,226 (59.4) | 11,088 (40.6) | < 0.001 |
| low | 2777 (43.1) | 3663 (56.9) | |
| Individual characteristics | |||
| Gender | |||
| Male | 10,291 (55.7) | 8201 (44.3) | 0.404 |
| Female | 9887 (56.1) | 7741 (43.9) | |
| Age | |||
| < 30 | 3098 (62.2) | 1882 (37.8) | < 0.001 |
| 30–39 | 5683 (61.7) | 3522 (38.3) | |
| 40–49 | 5840 (56.1) | 4564 (43.9) | |
| ≥ 50 | 5559 (48.2) | 5975 (51.8) | |
| Education | |||
| Below middle school | 1726 (39.9) | 2599 (60.1) | < 0.001 |
| Graduate high school | 6859 (52.1) | 6306 (47.9) | |
| Above college | 11,586 (62.2) | 7034 (37.8) | |
| Income (KRW) | |||
| < 1,000,000 | 2194 (47.6) | 2419 (52.4) | < 0.001 |
| 1,000,000–1,999,999 | 6341 (51.6) | 5947 (48.4) | |
| 2,000,000–3,000,000 | 5865 (58.8) | 4108 (41.2) | |
| ≥ 3,000,000 | 5356 (62.9) | 3160 (37.1) | |
| Cohabitation status | |||
| No | 2792 (53.6) | 2420 (46.4) | < 0.001 |
| Yes | 17,386 (56.2) | 13,523 (43.8) | |
| Contribution to household earnings | |||
| Primary earner | 11,366 (53.6) | 9821 (46.4) | < 0.001 |
| Secondary earner | 7281 (60.0) | 4863 (40.0) | |
| Equally earner | 1397 (56.9) | 1060 (43.1) | |