title: Gender differences in occupations and complaints of musculoskeletal symptoms: Representative sample of South Korean workers.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The present study examines gender differences in occupations, occupational hazards, and musculoskeletal symptoms in Korean workers.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed a secondary analysis of data from the fourth Korean Working Conditions Survey (KWCS).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Relative to "managers," men who were "craft and related trades workers," "equipment, machine operating and assembling workers," and in "elementary occupations" were more likely to report back pain (ORs: 2.08, 2.33, and 2.71, respectively); women who were "skilled agricultural, forestry, and fishery workers" were more likely to report back pain (OR: 3.96). Back pain was more likely to be reported in men exposed to "carrying/moving heavy loads," "painful/tiring postures," and "repetitive hand/arm movements" (ORs: 1.20, 2.26, and 1.28, respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Men and women workers differed in their reporting of ergonomic risk factors, and complaints of musculoskeletal symptoms. Am. J. Ind. Med. 60:342-349, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Health, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jungsun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Bo-Young
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea.
authors.forename: Yangho
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6462-0829
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006804:Ergonomics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D009790:Occupations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords:  ergonomics; back pain; exposure; occupational; risk factors