Table 1.
Characteristics of respondents by gender: Japanese Study of Stratification, Health, Income, and Neighborhood (J-SHINE)
| Men (n = 1494) | Women (n = 1589) | p-value* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, no. (%) | 0.625 | |||||
| 25-34 years | 478 | (32.0) | 534 | (33.6) | ||
| 35-44 years | 676 | (45.3) | 698 | (43.9) | ||
| 45-50 years | 340 | (22.8) | 357 | (22.5) | ||
| Marital status, no. (%) | < 0.001 | |||||
| Married/Common-law | 1118 | (74.8) | 1285 | (80.9) | ||
| Others | 376 | (25.2) | 304 | (19.1) | ||
| Educational attainment, no. (%) | < 0.001 | |||||
| ≤ High school | 330 | (22.1) | 334 | (21.0) | ||
| College | 318 | (21.3) | 715 | (45.0) | ||
| ≥ University | 846 | (56.6) | 540 | (34.0) | ||
| Work status, no. (%) | < 0.001 | |||||
| Working | 1431 | (95.8) | 1006 | (63.3) | ||
| Not working | 63 | (4.2) | 583 | (36.7) | ||
| City of residence, no. (%) | 0.849 | |||||
| City 1 | 290 | (19.4) | 296 | (18.6) | ||
| City 2 | 362 | (24.2) | 402 | (25.3) | ||
| City 3 | 425 | (28.5) | 459 | (28.9) | ||
| City 4 | 417 | (27.9) | 432 | (27.2) | ||
| Self-assessed oral health, no. (%) | < 0.001 | |||||
| Fair/Poor | 439 | (29.4) | 373 | (23.5) | ||
| Good | 486 | (32.5) | 629 | (39.6) | ||
| Very good | 356 | (23.8) | 396 | (24.9) | ||
| Excellent | 213 | (14.3) | 191 | (12.0) | ||
| Income, thousand JPY† (/year), median (interquartile range) | 3500.0 | (2361.1) | 3472.2 | (2166.7) | < 0.001 | |
*p-value for differences by chi-square test. Income difference was tested by t-test.
†JPY: Japanese Yen.