Table 1.
Distribution of the NESARC and KECA Respondents by Selected Sociodemographic Characteristics
| Sociodemographic characteristics |
NESARC (USA) | KECA (Korea) | P-value for differences |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | %(SE) | N | %(SE) | ||
| Total | 35336 | 100(0.0) | 6253 | 100(0.0) | |
| 0.894 | |||||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 15619 | 49.04(0.34) | 2743 | 49.30(1.92) | |
| Female | 23227 | 50.96(0.34) | 3510 | 50.70(1.92) | |
| 0.000 | |||||
| Age | |||||
| 18-24 | 5199 | 15.34(0.31) | 578 | 13.17(1.08) | |
| 25-34 | 7759 | 21.86(0.35) | 1546 | 30.62(2.04) | |
| 35-44 | 9090 | 25.00(0.32) | 1758 | 26.72(2.15) | |
| 45-65 | 13288 | 37.80(0.41) | 2371 | 29.39(2.36) | |
| 0.000 | |||||
| Marital Status | |||||
| Married/cohabiting | 18859 | 62.61(0.49) | 4642 | 68.32(2.91) | |
| Widowed/separated/divorced | 6981 | 13.41(0.24) | 460 | 5.49(1.24) | |
| Never married | 9496 | 23.98(0.51) | 1151 | 26.19(2.04) | |
| Employment Status | |||||
| Yes | 29438 | 84.33(0.34) | 3417 | 55.50(1.66) | 0.000 |
| No | 2836 | 15.67(0.34) | 5898 | 44.50(1.66) | |
| Education(years) | |||||
| < 12 | 5310 | 13.37(0.54) | 2237 | 24.64(3.03) | 0.000 |
| 12 | 10033 | 28.41(0.58) | 2309 | 35.94(1.71) | |
| 13-15 | 11132 | 31.86(0.47) | 729 | 15.20(1.21) | |
| 16+ | 8861 | 15.20(1.21) | 975 | 24.22(3.87) | |
| Place of Residence | 0.001 | ||||
| Urban | 29243 | 80.80(1.60) | 4533 | 90.53(2.17) | |
| Rural | 6093 | 19.20(1.60) | 1720 | 9.47(2.17) | |
| Income | |||||
| Low | 11259 | 26.76(0.60) | 2110 | 24.30(4.33) | 0.000 |
| Moderate | 16448 | 46.45(0.50) | 2981 | 55.35(3.16) | |
| High | 7629 | 26.79(0.77) | 1020 | 20.35(2.09) | |
N : unweighted; % : weighted