Presenteeism among self-employed workers: Korean working conditions survey

Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Min-Su Kim¹  Jae Bum Park¹  Kyoung-Bok Min¹  Kyung-Jong Lee¹  Kimin Kwon¹ 

[1] Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ajou University Hospital, Suwon, South Korea

关键词: Absenteeism;    Korean working conditions survey;    Presenteeism;    Self-employed;   

Others  :  1082159
DOI  :  10.1186/s40557-014-0032-1

 received in 2013-12-12, accepted in 2014-07-01,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Objective

Presenteeism has become a public concern recently. Thus, we aimed to understand the relationship between self-employed workers and presenteeism using a nationally representative sample of Korean workers.

Methods

Using data from the Korean Working Conditions Survey conducted in 2011, a total of 43,392 workers including paid employees and self-employed workers were analyzed. The effect of employment status on presenteeism was analyzed using logistic regression analysis. The independent variables were socioeconomic characteristics, working conditions, and working environments.

Results

Among the 43,392 workers, 34,783 were paid and 8,609 were self-employed. Self-employed workers were more likely to exhibit presenteeism than were paid workers. An elevated odds ratio of 1.27 (95% CI 1.19-1.36) was found for presenteeism among self-employed workers.

Conclusion

Being self-employed was significantly related with exhibiting presenteeism. Additional research should investigate whether other factors mediate the relationship between employment status and presenteeism as well as ways to reduce presenteeism among self-employed workers.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Kim et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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