Table 5.
Risk groups and characteristic distribution of study participants.
| Characteristic | Risk group, n (%) |
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High (n=106) | Medium (n=1368) | Low (n=114) | Total, n (%) | χ² (df) | P value | |
| Sex |
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17.5 (2) | <.001 | |
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Male | 46 (43.4) | 471 (34.4) | 60 (52.6) | 577 (36.3) |
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| Female | 60 (56.6) | 897 (65.6) | 54 (47.4) | 1011 (63.7) |
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| Age (years) |
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142.6 (6) | <.001 | |
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≤34 | 20 (18.9) | 364 (26.6) | 52 (45.6) | 436 (27.5) |
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| 35–44 | 11 (10.4) | 398 (29.1) | 29 (25.4) | 438 (27.6) |
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| 45–64 | 49 (46.2) | 564 (41.2) | 32 (28.1) | 645 (40.6) |
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| ≥65 | 26 (24.5) | 42 (3.1) | 1 (0.9) | 69 (4.3) |
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| Education level |
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234.5 (6) | <.001 | |
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Junior high school or below | 21 (19.8) | 9 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 30 (1.9) |
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| Senior high school | 26 (24.5) | 135 (9.9) | 4 (3.5) | 165 (10.4) |
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| University or college | 45 (42.5) | 841 (61.5) | 73 (64) | 959 (60.4) |
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| Graduate school | 14 (13.2) | 383 (28) | 37 (32.5) | 434 (27.3) |
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| Married |
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7 (2) | .029 | |
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No | 40 (37.7) | 569 (41.6) | 61 (53.5) | 670 (42.2) |
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| Yes | 66 (62.3) | 799 (58.4) | 53 (46.5) | 918 (57.8) |
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| Employment |
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40.8 (6) | <.001 | |
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Professional | 39 (36.8) | 653 (47.7) | 50 (43.9) | 742 (46.7) |
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| Service industry | 30 (28.3) | 514 (37.6) | 42 (36.8) | 586 (36.9) |
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| Manual work | 17 (16.0) | 95 (6.9) | 3 (2.6) | 115 (7.2) |
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| Unemployed | 20 (18.9) | 106 (7.7) | 19 (16.7) | 145 (9.1) |
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| Income (NT $)a,b |
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90.3 (12) | <.001 | |
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0 | 22 (20.8) | 86 (6.3) | 15 (13.2) | 123 (7.7) |
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| ≤$23,800 | 20 (18.9) | 79 (5.8) | 18 (15.8) | 117 (7.4) |
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| $23,801-$30,000 | 10 (9.4) | 167 (12.2) | 9 (7.9) | 186 (11.7) |
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| $30,001-$50,000 | 24 (22.6) | 522 (38.2) | 27 (23.7) | 573 (36.1) |
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| $50,001-$70,000 | 12 (11.3) | 276 (20.2) | 18 (15.8) | 306 (19.3) |
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| $70,001-$100,000 | 9 (8.5) | 148 (10.8) | 20 (17.5) | 177 (11.1) |
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| ≥$100,001 | 9 (8.5) | 90 (6.6) | 7 (6.1) | 106 (6.7) |
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| Level of internet use |
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177.8 (4) | <.001 | |
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Never or rarely | 30 (28.3) | 34 (2.5) | 0 (0.0) | 64 (4) |
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| Several times per week/month | 5 (4.7) | 70 (5.1) | 2 (1.8) | 77 (4.8) |
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| Several times per day | 71 (67.0) | 1264 (92.4) | 112 (98.2) | 1447 (91.1) |
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| Health status |
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29.4 (4) | <.001 | |
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Poor | 18 (17.0) | 90 (6.6) | 4 (3.5) | 112 (7.1) |
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| Normal | 51 (48.1) | 649 (47.4) | 40 (35.1) | 740 (46.6) |
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| Good | 37 (34.9) | 629 (46) | 70 (61.4) | 736 (46.3) |
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| Exercise frequency |
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11.8 (4) | .019 | |
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Never | 27 (25.5) | 286 (20.9) | 19 (16.7) | 332 (20.9) |
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| Sometimes | 54 (50.9) | 883 (64.5) | 72 (63.2) | 1009 (63.5) |
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| Daily | 25 (23.6) | 199 (14.5) | 23 (20.2) | 247 (15.6) |
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aA currency exchange rate of NT $1=US $0.035 is applicable.
bAverage regular earnings of all employees (including full-time or part-time employees with Taiwanese nationality or foreigners) was New Taiwan dollar (NT) $42,495. The poverty level income ranged from NT$11,648 to NT$24,293 in 2019 in Taiwan.