Table 3.
Characteristics of the study population (n = 4,032)
| Characteristics of the study population | Health status | Prevalence of psychosomatic symptom(s) | Prevalence of long-term disease(s) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | Moderate or poor | |||||||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p* | n (%) | p* | n (%) | p* | |
| Gender | 0.81 | 0.45 | 0.07 | |||||
| Boy | 2106 (52) | 2023 (97) | 69 (3) | 220 (11) | 256 (12) | |||
| Girl | 1926 (48) | 1857 (97) | 66 (3) | 217 (11) | 200 (10) | |||
| Age | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| 0-2 | 1004 (25) | 932 (94) | 65 (7) | 133 (13) | 93 (9) | |||
| 3-6 | 1287 (32) | 1256 (98) | 28 (2) | 97 (8) | 131 (10) | |||
| 7-11 | 1741 (43) | 1692 (98) | 42 (2) | 207 (12) | 232 (13) | |||
| Parent's highest level of education | 0.80 | 0.89 | 0.21 | |||||
| Junior high school or less (≤9 years) | 252 (6) | 244 (97) | 7 (3) | 29 (12) | 23 (9) | |||
| Senior high school/vocational school (11-13 years) | 2456 (61) | 2365 (97) | 85 (4) | 265 (11) | 269 (11) | |||
| Polytechnic, college or university degree (≥ 15 years) | 1291 (32) | 1240 (97) | 41 (3) | 137 (11) | 161 (13) | |||
| Household's net income/month (€) | 0.55 | 0.05 | 0.60 | |||||
| Below 1999 | 797 (20) | 766 (96) | 30 (4) | 101 (13) | 93 (12) | |||
| 2000-2999 | 1292 (32) | 1243 (97) | 45 (4) | 151 (12) | 134 (10) | |||
| 3000-3999 | 1419 (35) | 1372 (97) | 39 (3) | 131 (9) | 170 (12) | |||
| 4000-10,000 | 347 (9) | 336 (97) | 10 (3) | 35 (10) | 38 (11) | |||
| Working status | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.06 | |||||
| Working | 2541 (63) | 2460 (97) | 73 (3) | 248 (10) | 305 (12) | |||
| Not in work | 1470 (37) | 1402 (96) | 60 (4) | 185 (13) | 148 (10) | |||
* p-value of ≤0.05 considered statistically significant