Combined effects of education level and perceived social class on self-rated health and life satisfaction: Results of Korean labor and income panel study wave 8-wave 15

Table 1 General characteristics of interesting variables at baseline (Wave 8)

	Total	Weighted %
Combined effects of education level and subjective social class
LL	1,994	16.0
LM	1,621	13.9
LH	807	8.8
ML	1,130	8.7
MM	1,674	14.0
MH	1,633	16.3
HL	395	3.2
HM	685	6.3
HH	1,236	12.9
Subjective social class
Low	4,422	27.9
Middle	4,437	34.1
High	2,316	38.0
Education
≤Middle school	3,519	38.6
High school	3,980	38.9
≥College	3,676	22.4
Age
≤29	2,730	27.9
30–39	2,477	20.5
40–49	2,216	20.7
50–59	1,659	13.8
60–69	1,198	9.8
≥70	895	7.4
Gender
Male	5,364	50.9
Female	5,811	49.1
Residential region
Capital	2,561	25.0
Big city	3,322	29.0
Small city	5,292	45.9
Marital status
Single	4,129	42.0
Married	7,046	58.0
Shift work
Yes	412	3.6
No	3569	32.4
Not employed	7194	64.0
Smoking status
Smoker	2,708	24.6
Former smoker	1,587	14.7
Never	6,880	60.8
Alcohol use
Yes	6,260	56.6
Former user	1,210	10.3
No	3,705	33.1
Sensory system inability
Yes	280	2.6
No	10,895	97.4
Physical inability
Yes	945	8.1
No	10,230	91.9
Activity restriction 1
Yes	535	4.8
No	10,640	95.2
Activity restriction 2
Yes	266	2.5
No	10,909	97.5
Activity restriction 3
Yes	487	4.3
No	10,688	95.7
Activity restriction 4
Yes	1,136	9.8
No	10,039	90.2
Self-rated health
Good	9,386	84.7
Bad	1,789	15.3
Life satisfaction
Good	10,182	91.0
Bad	993	9.0
Total	11,175	100.0

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