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.