Table 2.

Comparison of perceived stress, acculturative stress, PCS and MCS based on general demographic characteristic

			Perceived Stress			Acculturative Stress			Physical Component Summary (PCS)			Mental Component Summary (MCS)
Characteristics	Category	N (%)	Mean ± SD	t or F	p	Mean ± SD	t or F	p	Mean + SD	t or F	p	Mean ± SD	t or F	p
Age Group	20-29	65(50)	22 ± 8.6	.25	.77	87.2 ± 19.6	.51	.59	50.7 ± 7.76	.63	.52	48 ± 9.21	1.46	.23
	30-39	53(41)	21.1 ± 6.2			88.4 ± 19.8			51.9 ± 6.78			50.5 ± 8.94
	40-50	12(9)	20.8 ± 3.7			82 ± 19.9			52.6 ± 6.58			51.4 ± 6.46
Gender	Male	103(79)	20.9 ± 7.25	-1.90	.06	86.7 ± 19.5	-.51	.60	51.9 ± 6.94	1.6	.09	49.7 ± 8.94	.84	.39
	Female	27(21)	23.9 ± 7.73			89 ± 20.39			49.3 ± 8.16			48.1 ± 8.94
Marital Status	Married	73(56)	21.1 ± 6.8	-.81	.42	88.8 ± 19.0	1.03	.30	50.4 ± 7.67	-1.71	.09	50.7 ± 8.49	1.95	.05*
	Single	57(44)	22.1 ± 8.2			85.2 ± 20.3			52.6 ± 6.54			47.6 ± 9.25
Living status in	With spouse	47(64)	20.8 ± 7.3	-.45	.65	89.4 ± 19.4	.34	.73	50 ± 8.27	-.65	.51	50.6 ± 8.39	-.07	.93
Korea	Without spouse	26(20)	21.6 ± 5.8			87.8 ± 18.6			51.2 ± 6.54			50.8 ± 8.86
Level of study	Undergraduate	7(5)	53 ± 2.7	.39	.67	83.7 ± 14.3	1.59	.20	53 ± 2.70	.90	.40	48 ± 7.79	.10	.90
	Masters	32(25)	52.5 ± 7.4			82.2 ± 18.1			52.6 ± 7.42			49.1 ± 7.96
	PhD	91(70)	50.8 ± 7.4			89.2 ± 20.3			50.8 ± 7.41			49.5 ± 9.39
Major	Engineering	28(21)	21.3 ± 8	.21	.88	89.4 ± 15.1	.20	.89	53.1 ± 6.30	.97	.40	47.9 ± 10.0	.33	.80
	Natural Science	84(65)	21.8 ± 7.6			86.9 ± 21.2			50.6 ± 7.55			49.8 ± 8.82
	Humanities& Social	13(10)	20.6 ± 5.3			84.3 ± 20.2			52 ± 7.72			49.9 ± 8.24
	Science	5(4)	19.5 ± 3.3			87 ± 16.9			53.1 ± 5.43			48.9 ± 7.14
	Interdepartmental programs
Place of	Seoul	35(27)	21.6 ± 7.8	.06	.94	86 ± 17.1	-.44	.66	53.2 ± 7.71	1.75	.08	48.9 ± 7.65	-.32	.74
residence	Out of Seoul	95(73)	21.5 ± 7.3			87.7 ± 20.5			50.7 ± 7.0			49.5 ± 9.39

*p = .05