Table 3.
Difference analysis of socio-demographics and self-rated health variables by happiness
| Category | Happiness Level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| ||||
| Unhappy | Happy | |||
| Gender | Male | 80 (44.9) | 98 (55.1) | 0.142 |
| Female | 113 (43.1) | 149 (56.9) | ||
| Age range (years) | 20 s | 28 (41.2) | 40 (58.8) | 18.905* |
| 30 s | 47 (34.8) | 88 (65.2) | ||
| 40 s | 45 (42.4) | 61 (57.6) | ||
| 50 s | 35 (55.6) | 28 (44.4) | ||
| 60 s and older | 38 (55.9) | 30 (44.1) | ||
| Education level | Middle school or lower | 49 (57.6) | 36 (42.4) | 13.955‡ |
| High school | 69 (45.4) | 83 (54.6) | ||
| Junior college, college and higher | 59 (33.7) | 116 (66.3) | ||
| Marital status | Single | 39 (52.7) | 35 (47.3) | 14.237‡ |
| Married | 116 (38.3) | 187 (61.7) | ||
| Widowed, divorced, or separated | 27 (65.8) | 14 (34.2) | ||
| Household income | <1 mil. KRW | 31 (54.4) | 26 (45.6) | 16.269† |
| 1–1.99 mil. KRW | 45 (52.9) | 40 (47.1) | ||
| 2–2.99 mil. KRW | 44 (43.6) | 57 (56.4) | ||
| 3–3.99 mil. KRW | 24 (34.3) | 46 (65.7) | ||
| ≥4 mil. KRW | 19 (26.8) | 52 (73.2) | ||
| Self-rated health | Very unhealthy | 9 (64.3) | 5 (35.7) | 51.483‡ |
| Unhealthy | 33 (63.5) | 19 (36.5) | ||
| So-so | 111 (54.1) | 94 (45.9) | ||
| Healthy | 36 (24.8) | 109 (75.2) | ||
| Very healthy | 2 ( 9.1) | 20 (90.9) | ||
*
p < 0.05,
†
p < 0.01,
‡
p < 0.001.