TABLE 1.
Participants’ characteristics by groups according to perceived workplace health support
| Items | Total | Groups according to perceived workplace health support | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very high | High | Low | Very low | ||
| n (%)/Mean (SD) | n (%)/Mean (SD) | n (%)/Mean (SD) | n (%)/Mean (SD) | n (%)/Mean (SD) | |
| N | 27 036 (100.0) | 2370 (100.0) | 13 159 (100.0) | 6941 (100.0) | 4566 (100.0) |
| Sex, male | 13 814 (51.1) | 1100 (46.4) | 6772 (51.5) | 3519 (50.7) | 2423 (53.1) |
| Age | |||||
| 20–29 years | 1905 (7.0) | 217 (9.2) | 993 (7.5) | 482 (6.9) | 213 (4.7) |
| 30–39 years | 4858 (18.0) | 448 (18.9) | 2295 (17.4) | 1328 (19.1) | 787 (17.2) |
| 40–49 years | 8011 (29.6) | 663 (28.0) | 3683 (28.0) | 2192 (31.6) | 1473 (32.3) |
| 50–59 years | 9012 (33.3) | 727 (30.7) | 4441 (33.7) | 2205 (31.8) | 1639 (35.9) |
| ≥60 years | 3250 (12.0) | 315 (13.3) | 1747 (13.3) | 734 (10.6) | 454 (9.9) |
| Educational background | |||||
| Junior or senior high schools | 7321 (27.1) | 593 (25.0) | 3294 (25.0) | 1948 (28.1) | 1486 (32.5) |
| Junior college or vocational school | 6544 (24.2) | 557 (23.5) | 3066 (23.3) | 1727 (24.9) | 1194 (26.1) |
| University or graduate school | 13 171 (48.7) | 1220 (51.5) | 6799 (51.7) | 3266 (47.1) | 1886 (41.3) |
| Presence of illnesses that require hospital treatment | 9510 (35.2) | 789 (33.3) | 4541 (34.5) | 2377 (34.2) | 1803 (39.5) |
| Employment status | |||||
| Regular employees | 12 575 (46.5) | 936 (39.5) | 5772 (43.9) | 3598 (51.8) | 2269 (49.7) |
| Managers | 2541 (9.4) | 217 (9.2) | 1408 (10.7) | 592 (8.5) | 324 (7.1) |
| Executives | 862 (3.2) | 150 (6.3) | 534 (4.1) | 121 (1.7) | 57 (1.2) |
| Public service worker | 2810 (10.4) | 231 (9.7) | 1551 (11.8) | 690 (9.9) | 338 (7.4) |
| Temporary workers | 2894 (10.7) | 196 (8.3) | 1432 (10.9) | 798 (11.5) | 468 (10.2) |
| Freelances or professionals | 4454 (16.5) | 524 (22.1) | 2082 (15.8) | 962 (13.9) | 886 (19.4) |
| Others | 900 (3.3) | 116 (4.9) | 380 (2.9) | 180 (2.6) | 224 (4.9) |
| Company size | |||||
| ≤9 employees | 6165 (22.8) | 697 (29.4) | 2841 (21.6) | 1292 (18.6) | 1335 (29.2) |
| 10–49 employees | 4390 (16.2) | 323 (13.6) | 1950 (14.8) | 1254 (18.1) | 863 (18.9) |
| 50–99 employees | 2550 (9.4) | 156 (6.6) | 1144 (8.7) | 754 (10.9) | 496 (10.9) |
| 100–499 employees | 5156 (19.1) | 349 (14.7) | 2514 (19.1) | 1486 (21.4) | 807 (17.7) |
| 500–999 employees | 1997 (7.4) | 167 (7.0) | 991 (7.5) | 557 (8.0) | 282 (6.2) |
| 1000–9999 employees | 4719 (17.5) | 424 (17.9) | 2549 (19.4) | 1167 (16.8) | 579 (12.7) |
| ≥10 000 employees | 2059 (7.6) | 254 (10.7) | 1170 (8.9) | 431 (6.2) | 204 (4.5) |
| Working hours per day | |||||
| <8 h/day | 5334 (19.7) | 589 (24.9) | 2678 (20.4) | 1176 (16.9) | 891 (19.5) |
| 8≤ and <9 h/day | 14 848 (54.9) | 1263 (53.3) | 7344 (55.8) | 3885 (56.0) | 2356 (51.6) |
| 9≤ and <11 h/day | 5541 (20.5) | 413 (17.4) | 2603 (19.8) | 1564 (22.5) | 961 (21.0) |
| ≥11 h/day | 1313 (4.9) | 105 (4.4) | 534 (4.1) | 316 (4.6) | 358 (7.8) |
| CDC‐HRQOL | |||||
| Self‐rated health | 3.48 (0.93) | 2.98 (1.08) | 3.34 (0.87) | 3.65 (0.85) | 3.87 (0.95) |
| Physically unhealthy days (# days) | 4.22 (7.44) | 3.44 (6.89) | 3.28 (6.43) | 4.41 (7.23) | 7.03 (9.67) |
| Mentally unhealthy days (# days) | 4.11 (7.70) | 2.97 (6.75) | 2.87 (6.19) | 4.38 (7.56) | 7.85 (10.55) |
| Days with activity limitation (# days) | 2.37 (5.74) | 1.97 (5.27) | 1.68 (4.54) | 2.43 (5.52) | 4.49 (8.29) |
Abbreviation: CDC HRQOL, Centers for Disease Control's Prevention Health‐Related Quality of Life.