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. 2014 Feb 13;9(2):e88859. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088859

Table 1. Characteristics of the study population.

Weighted N(%)a Women % Men % p-value
Age <.0001
20–44 19,131,622(52.8) 50.7 54.9
45–64 12,177,541(33.6) 33.3 33.9
65+ 4,931,074(13.6) 16.0 11.2
Marital status <.0001
Married 25,287,699(70.1) 68.2 72.0
Separated/Divorced/Widowed 4,002,312(11.1) 17.3 4.8
Never married 6,801,593(18.8) 14.5 23.2
Education <.0001
College, University 10,691,450(29.5) 25.3 33.8
High school 14,402,050(39.8) 37.7 41.9
Middle school 3,835,570(10.6) 10.5 10.7
No or elementary school 7,273,591(20.1) 26.5 13.6
Occupation <.0001
Office worker 2,940,620(9.4) 7.1 12.1
Manual worker 13,957,802(44.8) 32.1 59.0
Unemployed 14,253,983(45.8) 60.8 29.0
Income level <.0001
1st quartile 10,669,193(30.2) 29.2 31.3
2nd quartile 10,257,925(29.1) 28.4 29.8
3rd quartile 8,763,902(24.8) 25.4 24.3
4th quartile 5,603,085(15.9) 17.1 14.7
Number of lifestyle risk behaviors <.0001
0 1,646,405(4.5) 5.4 3.6
1 8,283,253(22.9) 28.6 17.0
2 12,594,732(34.8) 38.2 31.2
3 8,740,052(24.1) 21.3 26.9
4 3,744,086(10.3) 5.4 15.4
5 1,082,057(3.0) 0.9 5.1
6 149,652(0.4) 0.2 0.6
7 0(0.0) 0 0
Chronic diseaseb <.0001
No 16,714,065(46.1) 50.4 41.8
Yes 19,526,172(53.9) 49.6 58.2
a

Proportions were calculated by a survey frequency procedure using sample weights from the survey.

b

Chronic disease includes cancer, hypertension, coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular attack, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, dyslipidemia, gastric ulcer, liver disease, back pain, osteoporosis, and depressive disorder.