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Table 1 General characteristics of study participants at the 2011 baseline

From: The impact of shift and night work on health related quality of life of working women: findings from the Korea Health Panel

 

EQ-5D

N

Mean ± SD*

P-value

Shift work status

 Day work

2042 (91.2)

96.76 ± 6.23

0.0274

 Night work

97 (4.3)

95.11 ± 6.95

 Rotating shift work

99 (4.4)

96.44 ± 6.38

Age

 20–29

184 (8.2)

97.19 ± 6.40

<0.0001

 30–39

532 (23.8)

97.88 ± 4.48

 40–49

823 (36.8)

97.11 ± 5.60

 50–59

699 (31.2)

95.12 ± 7.71

Household income

 Low

559 (25.0)

95.68 ± 7.00

0.0004

 Low-middle

534 (23.9)

96.72 ± 6.26

 Middle-high

547 (24.4)

96.91 ± 6.08

 High

598 (26.7)

97.37 ± 5.62

Education level

 Middle school

371 (16.6)

93.84 ± 8.69

<0.0001

 High school

912 (40.8)

96.78 ± 6.21

 University or above

955 (42.7)

97.68 ± 4.70

Existence of spouse

 Yes

1621 (72.4)

96.57 ± 6.35

0.3836

 No

617 (27.6)

96.97 ± 6.06

Employment status

 Permanent

732 (32.7)

97.50 ± 5.14

0.3651

 Precarious

1506 (67.3)

96.28 ± 6.72

Occupational classification

 White collar

949 (42.4)

97.62 ± 4.92

0.3766

 Blue collar

598 (26.7)

95.34 ± 7.80

 Sales and service worker

691 (30.9)

96.55 ± 6.24

Full time/part time

 Full time

2012 (89.9)

96.74 ± 6.27

0.4107

 Part time

226 (10.1)

96.15 ± 6.34

Number of chronic diseases

 0

1112 (49.7)

97.81 ± 4.91

< 0.0001

 1

511 (22.8)

96.73 ± 6.09

 2

307 (13.7)

95.73 ± 6.69

 3

142 (6.3)

94.22 ± 8.25

 4 or above

166 (7.4)

92.75 ± 9.22

Total

2238 (100.0)

96.68 ± 6.28

 
  1. *EQ-5D score is expressed as mean ± SD