Table 1 Characteristics of participants and prevalence of depressive symptom and anxiety, Korean Working Condition Survey, 2017
Weighted frequency | % | Depressive symptom (%) | p | Anxiety (%) | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 28,345 | 100.0 | 2.1 | 2.7 | ||
Sex | ||||||
men | 17,003 | 60.0 | 1.9 | 0.076 | 2.8 | 0.245 |
women | 11,342 | 40.0 | 2.4 | 2.5 | ||
Age | ||||||
< 30 | 4113 | 14.5 | 2.0 | 0.009 | 2.4 | 0.054 |
30–39 | 7601 | 26.8 | 1.5 | 2.1 | ||
40–49 | 8055 | 28.4 | 2.6 | 2.9 | ||
50–59 | 6068 | 21.4 | 2.2 | 3.3 | ||
60- | 2508 | 8.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
Education | ||||||
< High school | 1533 | 5.4 | 3.1 | 0.102 | 2.7 | 0.919 |
High school | 7881 | 27.8 | 2.0 | 2.6 | ||
College | 18,931 | 66.8 | 2.1 | 2.7 | ||
Occupation | ||||||
Manager | 1076 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 0.395 | 2.2 | 0.932 |
Professional | 3071 | 10.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | ||
Technicians and associate professionals | 1889 | 6.7 | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
Clerk | 9551 | 33.7 | 1.8 | 2.6 | ||
Service | 2986 | 10.5 | 2.2 | 3.0 | ||
Sales worker | 2614 | 9.2 | 2.2 | 2.9 | ||
Agricultural, forestry or fishery | 59 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.3 | ||
Craft and related trades | 2891 | 10.2 | 2.1 | 2.7 | ||
Plant, machine operator or assembler | 1980 | 7.0 | 2.2 | 3.0 | ||
Elementary occupation | 2229 | 7.9 | 3.0 | 2.7 | ||
Working hour per week | ||||||
31–40 | 15,934 | 56.2 | 1.8 | 0.002 | 2.2 | 0.001 |
41–52 | 8668 | 30.6 | 2.4 | 3.2 | ||
> 52 | 3743 | 13.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 | ||
Variability in daily or weekly working hour | ||||||
No | 23,279 | 82.1 | 1.6 | <.0001 | 1.9 | <.0001 |
Yes | 5066 | 17.9 | 4.7 | 6.0 | ||
Monthly salary | ||||||
< 200 | 6914 | 24.4 | 2.5 | 0.030 | 2.4 | 0.0001 |
(10,000 KRW) | ||||||
200–299 | 8847 | 31.2 | 2.0 | 2.3 | ||
300–399 | 6892 | 24.3 | 1.5 | 2.3 | ||
> 400 | 5692 | 20.1 | 2.5 | 3.9 | ||
Workers’ choice of working hour | ||||||
Rigid | 23,658 | 83.5 | 1.7 | <.0001 | 2.1 | <.0001 |
Free choice | 4687 | 16.5 | 4.2 | 5.4 | ||
Overtime pay | ||||||
No or N/A | 15,170 | 53.5 | 1.7 | <.0001 | 2.1 | <.0001 |
Yes | 13,175 | 46.5 | 2.6 | 3.3 | ||