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. 2016 Nov 16;38:e2016051. doi: 10.4178/epih.e2016051

Table 2.

General characteristics by infection sensitivity type

Total (n = 6,739) Non-sensitive (n = 978) Social concern (n = 1,174) Neutral (n = 1,958) Overall sensitive (n = 2,629) p-value
Gender
Men 3,088 (45.8) 587 (60.0) 615 (52.4) 906 (46.3) 980 (37.3) < 0.001
Women 3,651 (54.2) 391 (40.0) 559 (47.6) 1,052 (53.7) 1,649 (62.7)
Age (yr)
 19-29 1,001 (14.9) 222 (22.7) 179 (15.2) 321 (16.4) 279 (10.6) < 0.001
 30-39 1,455 (21.6) 180 (18.4) 190 (16.2) 418 (21.3) 667 (25.4)
 40-49 1,637 (24.3) 208 (21.3) 279 (23.8) 517 (26.4) 633 (24.1)
 50-59 1,178 (17.5) 171 (17.5) 254 (21.6) 322 (16.4) 431 (16.4)
 60-69 773 (11.5) 106 (10.8) 154 (13.1) 194 (9.9) 319 (12.1)
 ≥70 695 (10.3) 91 (9.3) 118 (10.1) 186 (9.5) 300 (11.4)
Monthly household income (104 Korean won)
 <100 488 (7.4) 81 (8.4) 85 (7.4) 111 (5.7) 211 (8.2) 0.007
 100-200 755 (11.4) 107 (11.1) 139 (12.0) 202 (10.5) 307 (11.9)
 200-300 1,211 (18.3) 180 (18.7) 175 (15.2) 386 (20.0) 470 (18.2)
 300-400 1,322 (19.9) 174 (18.1) 245 (21.2) 385 (19.9) 518 (20.1)
 >400 2,853 (43.0) 419 (43.6) 511 (44.2) 849 (43.9) 1,074 (41.6)
Education
 None, elementary school graduates 784 (11.7) 99 (10.1) 137 (11.7) 220 (11.3) 328 (12.5) 0.21
 Middle school graduates 504 (7.5) 74 (7.6) 99 (8.5) 122 (6.2) 209 (8.0)
 High school graduates 2,142 (31.9) 323 (33.1) 365 (31.2) 634 (32.4) 820 (31.3)
 College or higher 3,294 (49.0) 480 (49.2) 570 (48.7) 978 (50.1) 1,266 (48.3)
Occupation
 Professional administration 1,095 (16.3) 138 (14.2) 217 (18.5) 330 (16.9) 410 (15.6) < 0.001
 Corporate job 937 (13.9) 146 (15.0) 166 (14.2) 286 (14.7) 339 (12.9)
 Sales/service 861 (12.8) 124 (12.7) 161 (13.7) 256 (13.1) 320 (12.2)
 Agriculture, forestry and fishery 126 (1.9) 27 (2.8) 30 (2.6) 24 (1.2) 45 (1.7)
 Menial labor 1,248 (18.6) 213 (21.8) 231 (19.7) 354 (18.1) 450 (17.2)
 Housewife 1,468 (21.9) 139 (14.3) 192 (16.4) 408 (20.9) 729 (27.8)
 Not employed 692 (10.3) 122 (12.5) 108 (9.2) 200 (10.3) 262 (10.0)
 Other (student/soldier) 291 (4.3) 66 (6.8) 67 (5.7) 93 (4.8) 65 (2.5)
District
 Pyeongtaek 1,693 (25.1) 293 (30.0) 303 (25.8) 414 (21.1) 683 (26.0) < 0.001
 Adjacent area 2,140 (31.8) 291 (29.8) 354 (30.2) 659 (33.7) 836 (31.8)
 Indirect 2,906 (43.1) 394 (40.3) 517 (44.0) 885 (45.2) 1,110 (42.2)
Smoking
 Current smoker 1,254 (18.6) 255 (26.1) 231 (19.7) 372 (19.0) 396 (15.1) < 0.001
 Past smoker 1,175 (17.4) 174 (17.8) 234 (19.9) 336 (17.2) 431 (16.4)
 Non smoker 4,309 (64.0) 549 (56.1) 709 (60.4) 1,250 (63.8) 1,801 (68.5)
Risky drinking
 Yes 866 (12.9) 162 (16.6) 183 (15.6) 232 (11.8) 289 (11.0) < 0.001
 No 5,873 (87.1) 816 (83.4) 991 (84.4) 1,726 (88.2) 2,340 (89.0)
Stress level
 High 1,943 (28.8) 278 (28.4) 333 (28.4) 562 (28.7) 770 (29.3) 0.92
 Low 4,795 (71.2) 700 (71.6) 841 (71.6) 1,396 (71.3) 1,858 (70.7)
Subjective health level
 Good 3,011 (44.7) 497 (50.8) 573 (48.8) 866 (44.2) 1,075 (40.9) < 0.001
 Average 2,912 (43.2) 376 (38.4) 471 (40.1) 878 (44.8) 1,187 (45.2)
 Poor 815 (12.1) 105 (10.7) 130 (11.1) 214 (10.9) 366 (13.9)
Chronic disease morbidity
 Yes 2,893 (42.9) 400 (40.9) 524 (44.6) 802 (41.0) 1,167 (44.4) 0.04
 No 3,846 (57.1) 578 (59.1) 650 (55.4) 1,156 (59.0) 1,462 (55.6)
Quarantine or active monitoring
 Yes 51 (0.8) 7 (0.7) 5 (0.4) 8 (0.4) 31 (1.2) 0.01
 No 6,682 (99.2) 971 (99.3) 1,168 (99.6) 1,947 (99.6) 2,596 (98.8)
Respiratory symptom
 Yes 197 (2.9) 24 (2.5) 29(2.5) 39 (2.0) 105 (4.0) < 0.001
 No 6,542 (97.1) 954 (97.5) 1,145 (97.5) 1,919 (98.0) 2,524 (96.0)

Values are presented as frequency (%).