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. 2024 Apr 22;23:80. doi: 10.1186/s12939-024-02135-1

Table 2.

Demographic characteristics according to household type

Category Total Food
Security
Household
Food
Marginal
Household
Food
Insecurity
Household
χ2 p
n % n % n % n %
Total 3321 - 1761 53.0 1334 40.2 226 6.8
Gender 12.021 .003
 Male 368 11.1 164 9.3 176 13.2 28 12.4
 Female 2953 88.9 1597 90.7 1158 86.8 198 87.6
Age 57.645 .000
 19–29 82 2.5 42 2.4 36 2.7 4 1.8
 30–39 347 10.4 203 11.5 122 9.2 22 9.7
 40–49 743 22.4 435 24.7 274 20.5 34 15.0
 50–59 1072 32.3 580 32.9 436 32.7 56 24.8
 60–69 789 23.8 383 21.7 333 25.0 73 32.3
 70–74 288 8.7 118 6.7 133 10.0 37 16.4
Education 67.997 .000
 No Education 53 1.6 18 1.0 26 2.0 9 4.0
 Middle school graduate 435 13.1 191 10.8 187 14.0 57 25.2
 High school graduate 1582 47.6 844 47.9 624 46.8 114 50.4
 College graduate 1235 37.2 698 39.6 492 36.9 45 19.9
 Post-graduate 16 0.5 10 0.6 5 0.4 1 0.4
Occupation 53.613 .000
 Administrator 28 0.8 20 1.1 7 0.5 1 0.4

 Professional

 Office worker

64

685

1.9

20.6

42

404

2.4

22.9

21

254

1.5

19.0

1

27

0.4

17.3

 Service worker

 Agriculture and fisheries

1185

258

35.7

7.8

621

125

35.3

7.1

480

109

36.0

8.2

84

24

37.1

10.6

 Skilled worker

 Housewife

330

744

9.9

22.4

173

365

9.8

20.7

136

315

10.2

23.6

21

64

9.3

28.3

 Others 27 0.8 11 0.6 12 0.9 4 1.8
Marital status 41.106 .000

 Married

 Not Married

2358

963

71.0

29.0

1331

430

75.6

24.4

889

445

66.6

33.4

138

88

61.1

38.9

Number of household members 49.039 .000
 1 922 27.8 411 23.3 434 32.5 77 34.1
 2 1215 36.6 669 38.0 453 34.0 93 41.2
 3 690 20.8 410 23.3 249 18.7 31 13.7
 4 447 13.5 247 14.0 176 13.2 24 10.6
 5 42 1.3 21 1.2 20 1.5 1 0.4
 6 5 0.2 3 0.2 2 0.2 0 0
Monthly household income (in 10,000 KRW)a 98.152 .000
Inline graphic100 140 4.2 53 3.0 69 5.2 18 8.0

101–200

201–300

301–400

401–500

501–600

601–700

439

691

599

510

505

252

13.2

20.8

18.0

15.4

15.2

7.6

184

344

315

292

318

140

10.4

19.5

17.9

16.6

18.1

8.1

203

293

244

187

175

102

15.2

22.0

18.3

14.0

13.1

87.71

52

54

40

31

12

10

23.0

23.9

17.7

13.7

5.3

4.4

> 700 185 5.6 115 6.5 61 4.6 9 4.0

Notes: a1 USD = 1,303.43 KRW (as of July 10, 2023)