Table 3.
Distribution of workplace violence according to risk factors of workplace violence by non-WMPEA∗ and WMPEA∗N (%)
| Non-WMPEA∗ |
WMPEA∗ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Workplace violence‡ | Verbal abuse | Humiliating behaviours | N | Workplace violence‡ | Verbal abuse | Humiliating behaviours | |
| Age | ||||||||
| 20-29 | 3326 | 304 (9.1) | 210 (6.3) | 141 (4.2) | 53 | 8 (15.1) | 7 (13.2) | 4 (7.5) |
| 30-39 | 6220 | 406 (6.5) | 276 (4.4) | 193 (3.1) | 100 | 19 (19.0) | 15 (15.0) | 11 (11.0) |
| 40-49 | 7097 | 429 (6.0) | 297 (4.2) | 217 (3.1) | 228 | 28 (12.3) | 21 (9.2) | 16 (7.0) |
| 50-59 | 6296 | 353 (5.6) | 252 (4.0) | 192 (3.0) | 442 | 53 (12.0) | 39 (8.8) | 29 (6.6) |
| ≥60 | 3300 | 210 (6.4) | 161 (4.9) | 126 (3.8) | 733 | 83 (11.3) | 66 (9.0) | 44 (6.0) |
| Education | ||||||||
| Middle school or less | 2266 | 151 (6.7) | 119 (5.3) | 80 (3.5) | 580 | 67 (11.6) | 54 (9.3) | 35 (6.0) |
| High school | 9151 | 688 (7.5) | 492 (5.4) | 371 (4.1) | 741 | 87 (11.7) | 63 (8.5) | 49 (6.6) |
| College or more | 14,822 | 863 (5.8) | 585 (3.9) | 418 (2.8) | 235 | 37 (15.7) | 31 (13.2) | 20 (8.5) |
| Income (in 10,000 KRW†) | ||||||||
| <100 | 1947 | 119 (6.1) | 88 (4.5) | 62 (3.2) | 262 | 13 (5.0) | 9 (3.4) | 9 (3.4) |
| 100-200 | 7873 | 576 (7.3) | 401 (5.1) | 305 (3.9) | 798 | 105 (13.2) | 80 (10.0) | 60 (7.5) |
| 200-300 | 7894 | 544 (6.9) | 387 (4.9) | 253 (3.2) | 307 | 55 (17.9) | 47 (15.3) | 25 (8.1) |
| 300-400 | 4909 | 269 (5.5) | 188 (3.8) | 141 (2.9) | 113 | 11 (9.7) | 8 (7.1) | 6 (5.3) |
| 400-500 | 2040 | 111 (5.4) | 78 (3.8) | 64 (3.1) | 50 | 5 (10.0) | 3 (6.0) | 2 (4.0) |
| ≥500 | 1576 | 83 (5.3) | 54 (3.4) | 44 (2.8) | 26 | 2 (7.7) | 1 (3.8) | 2 (7.7) |
| Employment status | ||||||||
| Permanent | 21,410 | 1311 (6.1) | 912 (4.3) | 683 (3.2) | 648 | 82 (12.7) | 61 (9.4) | 54 (8.3) |
| Temporary | 3695 | 307 (8.3) | 219 (5.9) | 150 (4.1) | 475 | 53 (11.2) | 43 (9.1) | 26 (5.5) |
| Daily | 1134 | 84 (7.4) | 65 (5.7) | 36 (3.2) | 433 | 56 (12.9) | 44 (10.2) | 24 (5.5) |
| Job category | ||||||||
| White | 11,446 | 538 (4.7) | 373 (3.3) | 241 (2.1) | 110 | 14 (12.7) | 12 (10.9) | 9 (8.2) |
| Pink | 7077 | 663 (9.4) | 450 (6.4) | 335 (4.7) | 323 | 44 (13.6) | 34 (10.5) | 25 (7.7) |
| Blue | 7716 | 501 (6.5) | 373 (4.8) | 293 (3.8) | 1123 | 133 (11.8) | 102 (9.1) | 70 (6.2) |
| Company size | ||||||||
| <10 | 11,582 | 739 (6.4) | 491 (4.2) | 366 (3.2) | 688 | 79 (11.5) | 66 (9.6) | 45 (6.5) |
| 10-49 | 8531 | 546 (6.4) | 389 (4.6) | 280 (3.3) | 620 | 83 (13.4) | 59 (9.5) | 44 (7.1) |
| 50-249 | 3960 | 271 (6.8) | 206 (5.2) | 137 (3.5) | 186 | 17 (9.1) | 13 (7.0) | 6 (3.2) |
| ≥250 | 2166 | 146 (6.7) | 110 (5.1) | 86 (4.0) | 62 | 12 (19.4) | 10 (16.1) | 9 (14.5) |
| Work period (year) | ||||||||
| <5 | 19,395 | 940 (7.2) | 659 (5.1) | 449 (3.5) | 959 | 105 (10.9) | 84 (8.8) | 47 (4.9) |
| 5-9 | 4780 | 439 (6.9) | 300 (4.7) | 240 (3.8) | 316 | 50 (15.8) | 38 (12.0) | 33 (10.4) |
| 10-14 | 2064 | 177 (5.5) | 128 (4.0) | 96 (3.0) | 139 | 21 (15.1) | 13 (9.4) | 15 (10.8) |
| ≥15 | 3622 | 146 (4.0) | 109 (3.0) | 84 (2.3) | 142 | 15 (10.6) | 13 (9.2) | 9 (6.3) |
| Working hours | ||||||||
| <40 | 3253 | 198 (6.1) | 136 (4.2) | 100 (3.1) | 476 | 40 (8.4) | 31 (6.5) | 20 (4.2) |
| 40 | 11,947 | 576 (4.8) | 402 (3.4) | 286 (2.4) | 460 | 62 (13.5) | 45 (9.8) | 43 (9.3) |
| 41-52 | 7338 | 529 (7.2) | 366 (5.0) | 273 (3.7) | 371 | 45 (12.1) | 36 (9.7) | 22 (5.9) |
| 53-68 | 3050 | 306 (10.0) | 216 (7.1) | 162 (5.3) | 130 | 20 (15.4) | 16 (12.3) | 8 (6.2) |
| ≥69 | 651 | 93 (14.3) | 76 (11.7) | 48 (7.4) | 119 | 24 (20.2) | 20 (16.8) | 11 (9.2) |
| Shift work | ||||||||
| No | 23,138 | 1316 (5.7) | 913 (3.9) | 644 (2.8) | 1222 | 122 (10.0) | 90 (7.4) | 63 (5.2) |
| Yes | 3101 | 386 (12.4) | 283 (9.1) | 225 (7.3) | 334 | 69 (20.7) | 58 (17.4) | 41 (12.3) |
| Customer-facing work | ||||||||
| No | 13,184 | 460 (3.5) | 318 (2.4) | 212 (1.6) | 928 | 89 (9.6) | 63 (6.8) | 45 (4.8) |
| Yes | 13,055 | 1242 (9.5) | 878 (6.7) | 657 (5.0) | 628 | 102 (16.2) | 85 (13.5) | 59 (9.4) |
| Job demands | ||||||||
| Low | 19,968 | 1210 (6.1) | 862 (4.3) | 601 (3.0) | 1118 | 129 (11.5) | 107 (9.6) | 68 (6.1) |
| High | 6271 | 492 (7.8) | 334 (5.3) | 268 (4.3) | 438 | 62 (14.2) | 41 (9.4) | 36 (8.2) |
∗
WMPEA: Workers with multi-party employment arrangements.
†
KRW: Korean won.
‡
Workplace violence included verbal abuse, humiliating behaviors, threats, and unwanted sexual attention.