Table 2.
Prevalence of sick-building-syndrome symptoms according to the demographic and job characteristics of store workers in underground shopping centers
| Total | Skin | Eye irritation | Respiratory | General | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (%) | P-value | Yes (%) | P-value | Yes (%) | P-value | Yes (%) | P-value | ||
| Demographic characteristics | |||||||||
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 132 | 52 (39.4) | 0.197 | 68 (51.5) | < 0.001 | 80 (60.6) | 0.112 | 75 (56.8) | 0.013 |
| Female | 182 | 85 (46.7) | 128 (70.3) | 126 (69.2) | 128 (70.3) | ||||
| Age (years) | |||||||||
| < 40 | 91 | 42 (46.2) | 0.022 | 57 (62.6) | 0.102 | 65 (71.4) | 0.013 | 63 (69.2) | 0.078 |
| 40–49 | 81 | 45 (55.6) | 59 (72.8) | 61 (75.3) | 59 (72.8) | ||||
| 50–59 | 90 | 34 (37.8) | 52 (57.8) | 53 (58.9) | 51 (56.7) | ||||
| ≥ 60 | 52 | 16 (30.8) | 28 (53.8) | 27 (51.9) | 30 (57.7) | ||||
| Education | |||||||||
| High school or less | 157 | 66 (42.0) | 0.569 | 95 (60.5) | 0.485 | 98 (62.4) | 0.235 | 100 (63.7) | 0.723 |
| College or higher | 157 | 71 (45.2) | 101 (64.3) | 108 (68.8) | 103 (65.6) | ||||
| Smoking status | |||||||||
| No | 250 | 106 (42.4) | 0.385 | 156 (62.4) | 0.988 | 160 (64.0) | 0.237 | 157 (62.8) | 0.175 |
| Yes | 64 | 31 (48.4) | 40 (62.5) | 46 (71.9) | 46 (71.9) | ||||
| Job characteristics | |||||||||
| Length of employment (years) | |||||||||
| < 2 | 76 | 31 (40.8) | 0.393 | 51 (67.1) | 0.799 | 51 (67.1) | 0.467 | 53 (69.7) | 0.477 |
| 2–4 | 86 | 44 (51.2) | 52 (60.5) | 61 (70.9) | 58 (67.4) | ||||
| 5–9 | 60 | 26 (43.3) | 36 (60.0) | 39 (65.0) | 35 (58.3) | ||||
| ≥ 10 | 92 | 36 (39.1) | 57 (62.0) | 55 (59.8) | 57 (62.0) | ||||
| Hours worked per day (hours) | |||||||||
| < 8 | 42 | 12 (28.6) | 0.035 | 22 (52.4) | 0.149 | 27 (64.3) | 0.847 | 21 (50.0) | 0.033 |
| ≥ 8 | 272 | 125 (46.0) | 174 (64.0) | 179 (65.8) | 182 (66.9) | ||||
| Type of store | |||||||||
| Food service | 28 | 10 (35.7) | 0.159 | 13 (46.4) | 0.337 | 11 (39.3) | 0.017 | 13 (46.4) | 0.086 |
| Clothing | 151 | 64 (42.4) | 96 (63.6) | 100 (66.2) | 96 (63.6) | ||||
| Fashion accessories | 65 | 36 (55.4) | 42 (64.6) | 47 (72.3) | 48 (73.8) | ||||
| Others | 70 | 27 (38.6) | 45 (64.3) | 48 (68.6) | 46 (65.7) | ||||