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. 2017 Jan 25;17:116. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4044-y

Table 1.

Gender- and multicultural status-specific numbers and percentages of study subjects according to school grade and socioeconomic position indicators in the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey, 2011–2014

Boys Girls
Non-multicultural Multi-cultural P-value Non-multicultural Multi-cultural P-value
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Total 147848 (100.0) 1371 (100.0) 143809 (100.0) 1296 (100.0)
School grades
 Middle school, 1st grade 25106 (17.0) 295 (21.5) <.0001 23272 (16.2) 277 (21.4) <.0001
 Middle school, 2nd grade 25095 (17.0) 304 (22.2) 23982 (16.7) 294 (22.7)
 Middle school, 3rd grade 25253 (17.1) 264 (19.3) 24060 (16.7) 255 (19.7)
 High school, 1st grade 24935 (16.9) 203 (14.8) 23546 (16.4) 188 (14.5)
 High school, 2nd grade 23604 (16.0) 175 (12.8) 24900 (17.3) 161 (12.4)
 High school, 3rd grade 23855 (16.1) 130 (9.5) 24049 (16.7) 121 (9.3)
Urbanity
 Metropolitan cities 67413 (45.6) 478 (34.9) <.0001 64482 (44.8) 419 (32.3) <.0001
 Small and medium cities 63212 (42.8) 565 (41.2) 64149 (44.6) 556 (42.9)
 Rural areas 17223 (11.6) 328 (23.9) 15178 (10.6) 321 (24.8)
Father’s education
 College 65876 (44.6) 319 (23.3) <.0001 63406 (44.1) 276 (21.3) <.0001
 High school 46996 (31.8) 406 (29.6) 49667 (34.5) 411 (31.7)
 Middle school 5794 (3.9) 251 (18.3) 5578 (3.9) 240 (18.5)
 Do not know 22698 (15.4) 323 (23.6) 18997 (13.2) 286 (22.1)
 No father 6484 (4.4) 72 (5.3) 6161 (4.3) 83 (6.4)
Mother’s education
 College 53414 (36.1) 390 (28.4) <.0001 50462 (35.1) 429 (33.1) <.0001
 High school 58645 (39.7) 408 (29.8) 65331 (45.4) 443 (34.2)
 Middle school 5361 (3.6) 133 (9.7) 5735 (4.0) 114 (8.8)
 Do not know 23640 (16.0) 379 (27.6) 17033 (11.8) 275 (21.2)
 No mother 6788 (4.6) 61 (4.4) 5248 (3.6) 34 (2.6)
Perceived household economic status
 High 13063 (8.8) 148 (10.8) <.0001 7105 (4.9) 78 (6.0) <.0001
 Mid-high 37644 (25.5) 201 (14.7) 32990 (22.9) 176 (13.6)
 Middle 66836 (45.2) 561 (40.9) 72186 (50.2) 597 (46.1)
 Mid-low 23086 (15.6) 309 (22.5) 25202 (17.5) 324 (25.0)
 Low 7219 (4.9) 152 (11.1) 6326 (4.4) 121 (9.3)
Self-reported educational performance
 High 18517 (12.5) 183 (13.3) <.0001 14209 (9.9) 115 (8.9) <.0001
 Mid-high 34669 (23.4) 257 (18.7) 35625 (24.8) 231 (17.8)
 Middle 39468 (26.7) 317 (23.1) 40410 (28.1) 344 (26.5)
 Mid-low 35978 (24.3) 366 (26.7) 36964 (25.7) 379 (29.2)
 Low 19216 (13.0) 248 (18.1) 16601 (11.5) 227 (17.5)
Cohabitation with parents
 Lives with both parents 122454 (82.8) 1000 (72.9) <.0001 119063 (82.8) 996 (76.9) <.0001
 Lives with only mother 12817 (8.7) 151 (11.0) 14064 (9.8) 161 (12.4)
 Lives with only father 7543 (5.1) 101 (7.4) 6338 (4.4) 68 (5.2)
 Lives with no parents 5034 (3.4) 119 (8.7) 4344 (3.0) 71 (5.5)