Table 1 Characteristics according to working life status
From: Correlates of employment status in individuals with asthma: a cross-sectional survey
Full-time work (1) n = 967 | Unemployed (2) n = 197 | Work disability (3) n = 334 | Retired (4) n = 159 | p-value 1 vs. 2 | p-value 1 vs. 3 | p-value 1 vs. 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, mean years (SD) | 44.1 (10.2) | 46.2 (11.0) | 57.9 (8.2) | 62.9 (3.8) | 0.064 | <.001 | <.001 |
Gender | 0.007 | 0.346 | 0.028 | ||||
Women | 568 (58.7) | 136 (69.0) | 206 (61.7) | 108 (67.9) | |||
Men | 399 (41.3) | 61 (31.0) | 128 (38.3) | 51 (32.1) | |||
Smoking status | 0.004 | 0.002 | <.001 | ||||
Never smoker | 432 (45.0) | 70 (36.1) | 132 (40.0) | 92 (58.2) | |||
Ex-smoker | 217 (22.6) | 40 (20.6) | 98 (29.7) | 38 (24.1) | |||
Current smoker | 155 (16.1) | 52 (26.8) | 66 (20.0) | 20 (12.7) | |||
Occasional smoker | 157 (16.3) | 32 (16.5) | 34 (10.3) | 8 (5.1) | |||
Professional status | <.001 | <.001 | 0.001 | ||||
Self-employed | 98 (10.2) | 10 (5.2) | 25 (8.0) | 7 (4.6) | |||
Upper level nonmanual worker | 199 (20.7) | 11 (5.8) | 21 (6.7) | 24 (15.9) | |||
Lower level nonmanual worker | 284 (29.5) | 50 (26.2) | 59 (18.8) | 35 (23.2) | |||
Manual worker | 353 (36.7) | 113 (59.2) | 195 (62.1) | 79 (52.3) | |||
Working from home, student, other | 28 (2.9) | 7 (3.7) | 14 (4.5) | 6 (4.0) | |||
Physical exercise frequency | 0.133 | <.001 | 0.007 | ||||
Not at all | 50 (5.2) | 14 (7.3) | 33 (10.1) | 6 (3.8) | |||
Less than once a week | 224 (23.3) | 38 (19.7) | 60 (18.3) | 24 (15.3) | |||
1–2 times a week | 423 (44.0) | 75 (38.9) | 125 (38.2) | 64 (40.8) | |||
> = 3 times a week | 265 (27.5) | 66 (34.2) | 109 (33.3) | 63 (40.1) | |||