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. 2019 Mar 5;29(3):92–96. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20170117

Table 2. Characteristics of participants (n = 6,724).

    n %
Gender Men 2,502 37.2
Women 4,222 62.8
Age group, years ≥65 3,860 57.4
<65 2,864 42.6
Dietary intakes Good dietary intake 4,598 68.4
Poor dietary intake 2,126 31.6
Living conditions Acceptable 3,953 58.8
Rather difficult 1,615 24.0
Difficult/severe 1,156 17.2
Housing The same as before the earthquake 3,939 58.6
Temporary housing 2,053 30.5
Relocation and reconstruction 544 8.1
Family, friends and relatives home 77 1.1
Other 111 1.7
Social Capital (SC) Group with high SC (4–10) 5,453 81.1
Group with low SC (11–20) 1,271 18.9
K6 Good mental health (0–4) 4,811 71.5
Poor mental health (≥5) 1,913 28.5
Marital status Married 4,894 72.8
Divorced 231 3.4
Widowed 1,073 16.0
Unmarried 526 7.8

K6, Kessler-6.

Participants who fulfilled the following criteria were considered as having good dietary intake: staple food item intake ≥three times a day; meat, fish and shellfish, eggs, or soybean products ≥twice a day; vegetables ≥twice a day; and fruit or dairy products ≥once a day.

All remaining participants were categorized as having poor dietary intake.