Table 1.

Health, Sociodemographics of Marriage Migrants and Their Husbands, and Social Integration of Marriage Migrants from China and Vietnam in South Korea

		Ethnicity		Statistics
	Korean-Chinese (%)	Han Chinese (%)	Vietnamese (%)	Chi square/ANOVA
Unweighted N	24,561	9,294	19,363
Self-Rated Health				P<.001
Very good	12.3	17.2	28.4
Good	35.1	36.8	22.1
Neutral	36.1	35.2	42.9
Bad	13.6	9.6	6.3
Very bad	2.9	1.2	0.4
Wives’ Age				P<.001
Mean (SD)	39.8 (9.6)	34.1(8.2)	24.7 (4.5)
Wives’ Education level				P<.001
Primary school and below	5.9	4.7	20.3
Junior high school	28.1	32.5	41.9
High school	52.2	44.9	33.8
College and above	13.2	17.9	3.9
Natal Family SES				P<.001
Poorest (0–2)	14.7	11.6	28.5
Poor (3–4)	15.4	15.9	33.5
Middle (5)	48.1	49.6	26.7
Wealthy (6–10)	18.9	20.8	6.4
Husbands’ Age				P<.001
Mean(SD)	46.7 (9.3)	43.0 (8.3)	41.7 (6.1)
Husbands’ Education Level				P<.001
Primary school and below	7.8	3.5	6.2
Junior high school	18.2	12.6	19.4
High school	50.2	50.3	45.2
College and above	14.9	26.2	16.7
Marital Family SES				P<.001
Poorest (0–2)	32.1	24.7	19.1
Poor (3–4)	27.3	27.5	40.0
Middle (5)	35.3	40.8	35.0
Wealthy (6–10)	5.3	7.0	6.0
Social Relationships w/ Koreans				P<.001
Two aspects	42.9	30.0	21.1
One aspect	23.6	25.8	29.9
None	33.4	44.2	49.0
Social Relationship w/ Co-ethnics				P<.001
Two aspects	19.5	42.8	36.4
One aspect	22.8	29.0	34.1
None	57.7	42.8	29.5
Length of Stay				P<.001
0–2 years	7.0	36.1	38.3
2–5 years	29.0	38.5	53.0
5–10 years	36.5	17.1	7.7
More than 10 years	27.5	8.3	1.0
Korean Citizenship				P<.001
Have acquired citizenship	59.7	23.1	12.3
Korean Proficiency Scale (Range: 1 to 5)				P<.001
Mean (SD)	4.02(.94)	2.82 (1.01)	2.66 (.82)