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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants (frequency, %)

From: Is marital status associated with quality of life?

 

Total

Men

Women

P-value**

 

594202

273537

320665

 

Marital status

  Single

88345

50625 (18.5)

37720 (11.8)

<.0001

  Separation/Divorced/Bereavement

99978

23189 (8.5)

76789 (23.9)

 

  Married

405879

199723 (73.0)

206156 (64.3)

 

Frequent depression for more than 2 weeks

  Yes

42751

13566 (5.0)

29185 (9.1)

<.0001

  No

551451

259971 (95.0)

291480 (90.9)

 

Stress awareness

  Yes

157857

72630 (26.6)

85227 (26.6)

0.8208

  No

436345

200907 (73.4)

235438 (73.4)

 

Age (years)

  19–24

33074

14950 (5.5)

18124 (5.7)

<.0001

  25–29

41418

19842 (7.3)

21576 (6.7)

 

  30–34

47728

22592 (8.3)

25136 (7.8)

 

  35–39

60048

29041 (10.6)

31007 (9.7)

 

  40–44

59140

28984 (10.6)

30156 (9.4)

 

  45–49

62147

30098 (11.0)

32049 (10.0)

 

  50–54

59263

28178 (10.3)

31085 (9.7)

 

  55–59

48223

22464 (8.2)

25759 (8.0)

 

  60–64

45010

20909 (7.6)

24101 (7.5)

 

  65–69

48444

21340 (7.8)

27104 (8.5)

 

  70–74

42405

18059 (6.6)

24346 (7.6)

 

  ≥75

47302

17080 (6.2)

30222 (9.4)

 

Family income (thousands won)

  ≤12000

168024

68474 (25.0)

99550 (31.0)

<.0001

  12000–24000

142130

68491 (25.0)

73639 (23.0)

 

  24000–42000

151510

73286 (26.8)

78224 (24.4)

 

  ≥42000

132538

63286 (23.2)

69252 (21.6)

 

Education

  Less than high school

242564

87985 (32.2)

154579 (48.2)

<.0001

  High school graduate

203879

104923 (38.4)

98956 (30.9)

 

  College graduate

147759

80629 (29.5)

67130 (20.9)

 

Perceived health status

  Good

247659

129014 (47.2)

118645 (37.0)

<.0001

  Bad

346543

144523 (52.8)

202020 (63.0)

 

Year of survey

  2008

176919

81547 (29.8)

95372 (29.7)

0.0554

  2009

210588

97326 (35.6)

113262 (35.3)

 

  2010

206695

94664 (34.6)

112031 (34.9)

 

Provincial variables

  Resident population*

 

4613502 (3973307)

4603006 (3953958)

0.3089

  Gross provincial domestic product (GRDP, million won)*

 

99153215 (82449380)

99145655 (82397934)

0.9719

  Crude divorce rate*

 

2.3 (0.2)

2.3 (0.2)

<.0001

  Married (couple)*

 

29482.1 (27,431.7)

29400.6 (27,317.1)

0.2529

  1. *shown as Mean, SD for all 16 provinces.
  2. **P-values are for results of χ2 tests for categorical variables and independent t-tests for continuous variables.