Table 1. Characteristics of sample individuals by gender and country, the 2006 East Asian Social Survey.
| Characteristics | China | Japan | Taiwan | South Korea | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |||||||||||||
| No. | (%) | No. | (%) | p | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | p | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | p | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | p | |
| Total | 1378 | (100.00) | 1673 | (100.00) | 889 | (100.00) | 1086 | (100.00) | 1003 | (100.00) | 978 | (100.00) | 688 | (100.00) | 833 | (100.00) | ||||
| Poor self-rated health | 157 | (11.39) | 286 | (17.10) | < .001 | 110 | (12.37) | 135 | (12.43) | 0.969 | 134 | (13.36) | 187 | (19.12) | < .001 | 92 | (13.37) | 187 | (22.45) | < .001 |
| Marriage and marital satisfaction | < .001 | < .001 | < .001 | < .001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Married and neutral | 127 | (9.22) | 228 | (13.63) | 171 | (19.24) | 261 | (24.03) | 71 | (7.08) | 77 | (7.87) | 112 | (16.28) | 223 | (26.77) | ||||
| Married and satisfied | 959 | (69.59) | 1142 | (68.26) | 474 | (53.31) | 386 | (35.55) | 548 | (54.64) | 487 | (49.81) | 322 | (46.80) | 287 | (34.45) | ||||
| Married and dissatisfied | 34 | (2.47) | 55 | (3.29) | 20 | (2.25) | 103 | (9.48) | 21 | (2.09) | 42 | (4.29) | 30 | (4.36) | 64 | (7.68) | ||||
| Formerly married | 66 | (4.79) | 118 | (7.05) | 68 | (7.65) | 188 | (17.31) | 63 | (6.28) | 152 | (15.54) | 35 | (5.09) | 122 | (14.65) | ||||
| Never married | 192 | (13.93) | 130 | (7.77) | 156 | (17.55) | 148 | (13.63) | 300 | (29.91) | 220 | (22.49) | 189 | (27.47) | 137 | (16.45) | ||||
| Age, years | 0.580 | 0.088 | < .001 | 0.179 | ||||||||||||||||
| ≤29 | 248 | (18.00) | 306 | (18.29) | 96 | (10.80) | 121 | (11.14) | 235 | (23.43) | 177 | (18.10) | 138 | (20.06) | 139 | (16.69) | ||||
| 30–39 | 326 | (23.65) | 420 | (25.11) | 153 | (17.21) | 163 | (15.01) | 165 | (16.45) | 227 | (23.22) | 155 | (22.53) | 227 | (27.25) | ||||
| 40–49 | 318 | (23.08) | 404 | (24.15) | 122 | (13.72) | 188 | (17.31) | 227 | (22.63) | 211 | (21.57) | 194 | (28.19) | 219 | (26.28) | ||||
| 50–59 | 304 | (22.06) | 336 | (20.08) | 170 | (19.12) | 228 | (20.99) | 166 | (16.55) | 180 | (18.40) | 87 | (12.65) | 105 | (12.61) | ||||
| ≥60 | 182 | (13.21) | 207 | (12.37) | 348 | (39.15) | 386 | (35.55) | 210 | (20.94) | 183 | (18.71) | 114 | (16.57) | 143 | (17.17) | ||||
| Educational attainment | < .001 | < .001 | 0.089 | < .001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lowest | 797 | (57.83) | 1118 | (66.82) | 165 | (18.56) | 199 | (18.32) | 371 | (36.99) | 415 | (42.43) | 117 | (17.01) | 219 | (26.29) | ||||
| Low | 341 | (24.75) | 364 | (21.76) | 402 | (45.22) | 580 | (53.41) | 260 | (25.92) | 225 | (23.01) | 183 | (26.60) | 278 | (33.37) | ||||
| High | 159 | (11.54) | 128 | (7.65) | 44 | (4.95) | 190 | (17.50) | 172 | (17.15) | 162 | (16.56) | 166 | (24.13) | 134 | (16.09) | ||||
| Highest | 81 | (5.88) | 63 | (3.77) | 278 | (31.27) | 117 | (10.77) | 200 | (19.94) | 176 | (18.00) | 222 | (32.26) | 202 | (24.25) | ||||
| Employed | 1305 | (94.70) | 1446 | (86.43) | < .001 | 650 | (73.12) | 570 | (52.49) | < .001 | 718 | (71.59) | 597 | (61.04) | < .001 | 523 | (76.02) | 395 | (47.42) | < .001 |
| Self-rated social class | 0.418 | 0.925 | < .001 | 0.217 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lowest | 539 | (39.11) | 690 | (41.24) | 66 | (7.42) | 80 | (7.37) | 72 | (7.18) | 46 | (4.70) | 48 | (6.98) | 72 | (8.64) | ||||
| Low | 407 | (29.54) | 500 | (29.89) | 203 | (22.83) | 240 | (22.10) | 164 | (16.35) | 104 | (10.63) | 242 | (35.17) | 255 | (30.61) | ||||
| High | 393 | (28.52) | 445 | (26.60) | 475 | (53.44) | 577 | (53.13) | 557 | (55.53) | 593 | (60.64) | 297 | (43.17) | 384 | (46.10) | ||||
| Highest | 39 | (2.83) | 38 | (2.27) | 145 | (16.31) | 189 | (17.40) | 210 | (20.94) | 235 | (24.03) | 101 | (14.68) | 122 | (14.65) | ||||
| Buddhist | 60 | (4.35) | 124 | (7.41) | < .001 | 248 | (27.90) | 259 | (23.85) | 0.041 | 213 | (21.24) | 242 | (24.74) | 0.064 | 186 | (27.03) | 242 | (29.05) | 0.384 |
| Number of individuals | 3051 | 1975 | 1981 | 1521 | ||||||||||||||||
Note: Formerly married includes widowed, divorced and separated; and p-value is based on the Chi-square test.