Perspectives on the Market Globalization of Korean Herbal Manufacturers: A Company-Based Survey

Table 1

Manufacturing workers’ occupational characteristics.

Manufacturers	Company no.	Gender (%)		Occupational type (%)			Occupational status (%)
		Male	Female	Researcher	Production worker	Office worker and others	Regular permanent worker	Temporary daily worker	Self-employed worker	Unpaid family worker	Fixed-term worker	Others
Dietary supplement manufacturing group
Ginseng product manufacturers	186	46.3	53.7	4.1	62.8	33.1	65.4	9.3	15.2	8.2	1.9	0.0
Herbal drink manufacturers	108	53.8	46.2	5.3	71.2	23.5	72.0	25.2	1.1	1.6	0.0	0.1
Herb extract manufacturers	64	54.2	45.8	12.0	69.3	18.7	76.9	19.7	1.6	1.7	0.0	0.0
Herbal medicine manufacturing group
Traditional herbal medicine manufacturers	111	47.2	52.8	8.5	60.8	30.7	87.9	4.1	4.9	3.0	0.0	0.1
Conventional herbal medicine manufacturers	12	76.8	23.2	19.9	46.4	33.8	98.8	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Personal care product manufacturing group
Herbal cosmetics manufacturers	65	46.3	53.7	15.8	54.9	29.3	91.2	7.1	0.2	0.5	1.0	0.0
Herbal sanitizer manufacturers	21	51.2	48.8	7.9	58.8	33.3	85.5	0.0	7.9	6.6	0.0	0.0

Note. The values are the percentages of participants.