Table 4.
Daily diet-related greenhouse gas emission (dGHGE) by some characteristics of the seventh Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2016–2018) ().
| Number | Percentage | Daily dGHGE () | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meana | (SE) | Median (minimum, maximum) | |||
| Total population | 21,271 | — | 5.08 | 0.04 | 4.11 (0.02, 53.92) |
| Sex | |||||
| Men | 9,440 | 44.38 | 5.97 A | 0.07 | 4.89 (0.11, 59.92) |
| Women | 11,831 | 55.62 | 4.19 B | 0.04 | 3.50 (0.02, 40.17) |
| Age groups | |||||
| 1–18 years | 4,417 | 20.77 | 4.27 A | 0.07 | 3.49 (0.14, 40.96) |
| 19–29 | 1,958 | 9.21 | 5.88 BC | 0.13 | 4.74 (0.10, 49.24) |
| 30–39 | 2,673 | 12.57 | 6.26 B | 0.13 | 5.09 (0.11, 53.92) |
| 40–49 | 3,089 | 14.52 | 5.78 C | 0.11 | 4.73 (0.08, 46.98) |
| 50–59 | 3,108 | 14.61 | 4.94 D | 0.07 | 4.18 (0.11, 39.54) |
| 60–69 | 2,952 | 13.88 | 4.31 A | 0.08 | 3.60 (0.05, 45.70) |
| 70 or older | 3,074 | 14.45 | 3.41 E | 0.07 | 2.66 (0.02, 49.37) |
| Regionb | |||||
| Big city | 9,193 | 43.22 | 5.09 A | 0.07 | 4.14 (0.05, 49.24) |
| Medium-sized city | 8,178 | 38.45 | 5.23 A | 0.09 | 4.20 (0.10, 53.92) |
| Rural area | 3,900 | 18.33 | 4.66 B | 0.12 | 3.74 (0.02, 43.97) |
| Household Income levelc | |||||
| Low | 3,373 | 15.86 | 3.86 A | 0.11 | 2.98 (0.02, 53.92) |
| Middle-low | 4,021 | 18.90 | 4.55 B | 0.09 | 3.69 (0.05, 43.97) |
| Middle | 4,529 | 21.29 | 5.13 C | 0.10 | 4.15 (0.08, 49.37) |
| Middle-high | 4,690 | 22.05 | 5.39 D | 0.11 | 4.37 (0.11, 50.64) |
| High | 4,604 | 21.64 | 5.81 E | 0.11 | 4.77 (0.10, 45.70) |
| Education leveld | |||||
| Elementary school or under | 3,300 | 15.51 | 3.42 A | 0.06 | 2.75 (0.05, 39.95) |
| Middle school | 1,547 | 7.27 | 4.33 B | 0.11 | 3.52 (0.16, 31.19) |
| High school | 4,808 | 22.60 | 5.38 C | 0.08 | 4.38 (0.07, 49.24) |
| College or above | 5,646 | 26.54 | 5.96 D | 0.08 | 4.95 (0.11, 50.64) |
Note: 54 missing in income level; 1,553 missing in education level. —, no data.
-difference was marked as letters, which were determined using a general linear model (Tukey’s multiple comparison).
Region was classified as big cities (urban neighborhoods in metropolitan municipalities with population), medium-sized cities (urban areas in nonmetropolitan provinces), and rural areas (towns and townships in counties or rural parts of mixed cities).
Household income categories are based on equalized household income, calculated as the monthly household income divided by the square root of the number of household members. Participants are then classified into income quintiles.
Reanalyzed only for adults who could use an individual’s final educational background.