Table 1 Distribution of age, work status, and key variables among UK and Thai source populations
Key variables | Health Survey for England (n = 14112) | Thai Cohort Study (n = 87134) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age groups | Age distributiona | In paid work | Age distribution | In paid work |
<20 | 43.2 (6093) | 3.1 (122) | 2.9 (2502) | 1.6 (1151) |
20–34 | 11.6 (1642) | 25.5 (1014) | 68.7 (59894) | 68.4 (48690) |
35–45 | 11.5 (1618) | 28.5 (1132)b | 22.8 (19843) | 24.5 (17459) |
46–65 | 20.1 (2837) | 40.4 (1606) | 5.5 (4792) | 5.4 (3820) |
65+ | 13.6 (1922) | 2.5 (98) | 0.1 (103) | 0.04 (31) |
Psychological distress | ||||
High distress | 11.7 (132) | 12.3 (3857) | ||
Job security | ||||
Extremely secure | 28.0 (317) | 18.5 (5726) | ||
Secure | 40.6 (459) | 50.1 (15553) | ||
Moderately secure | 19.5 (221) | 21.5 (6667) | ||
Not at all secure | 11.9 (135) | 10.0 (3094) | ||
Autonomy | ||||
Often | 48.5 (547) | 55.1 (16996) | ||
Sometimes | 35.3 (398) | 33.4 (10295) | ||
Rarely | 11.9 (135) | 9.1 (2807) | ||
Never | 4.2 (47) | 2.5 (760) | ||
Coping with demands | ||||
Often | 38.9(438) | 48.2(14834) | ||
Sometimes | 49.1(553) | 40.5 (12473) | ||
Rarely/never | 12.0(135) | 11.3 (3475) | ||
Support by employer a | ||||
Often | 39.9(449) | 58.4(17937) | ||
Sometimes | 34.6 (389) | 23.8 (7309) | ||
Rarely/never | 12.5 (140) | 8.7 (2680) | ||
Not applicable | 12.9 (145) | 9.1 (2790) | ||
Occupation groups | ||||
High | 53.1 (597) | 25.3 (6703) | ||
Medium | 18.8 (18.8) | 44.3 (11758) | ||
Low | 28.2 (28.2) | 30.4 (8059) | ||
Hours of paid work | ||||
35 hours + per week | 73.5 (832) | 84.5 (26397) | ||