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. 2022 Jan 10;20(3):417–429. doi: 10.1007/s40258-021-00706-9

Table 4.

Characteristics of the pooled sample and subsamples

Variables Pooled sample (%) Subsamples
S1 (%) S2 (%) S3 (%) S4 (%) S5 (%) S6 (%) S7 (%) S8 (%) S9 (%) Kruskal-Wallis test (p value)
Gender
 Male = 1 45.1 43.7 46.0 49.2 44.7 44.8 44.9 47.3 42.5 42.5 0.837
 Female = 0 54.9 56.3 54.0 50.8 55.3 55.2 55.1 52.7 57.5 57.5
Age
 18–25 = 1 27.4 22.8 26.0 32.7 23.5 27.8 27.0 29.2 30.5 27.2 0.186
 26–30 = 2 18.9 19.7 21.5 15.8 17.4 23.8 21.5 18.1 16.0 16.7
 31–40 = 3 31.6 30.7 32.1 33.1 35.8 23.1 35.5 30.3 33.1 31.0
 ≥ 41 = 4 22.1 26.8 20.4 18.8 23.2 25.3 16.0 22.4 20.4 25.1
Education background
 Junior college and below = 1 17.2 16.5 21.9 15.0 15.7 18.4 19.1 17.0 14.9 16.7 0.850
 Undergraduate = 2 48.7 45.3 43.0 51.1 50.2 47.3 48.8 52.0 49.8 49.8
 Postgraduate and above = 3 34.1 38.2 35.1 33.8 34.1 34.3 32.0 31.0 35.3 33.4
Average monthly income in 2019 (¥)
 ≤ 2000 = 1 22.3 20.1 22.6 25.9 18.1 25.6 25.0 19.5 24.7 19.9 0.094
 2001–5000 = 2 20.7 17.7 29.4 18.4 19.1 19.9 22.7 24.5 15.6 19.5
 5001–8000 = 3 24.2 29.9 18.9 25.2 26.6 25.3 18.4 22.7 25.8 24.4
 ≥ 8000 = 4 32.8 32.3 29.1 30.5 36.2 29.2 34.0 33.2 33.8 36.2
Engaged in medical related work
 No = 0 93.6 94.5 93.2 93.2 94.5 91.7 94.5 94.2 95.3 91.6 0.617
 Yes = 1 6.4 5.5 6.8 6.8 5.5 8.3 5.5 5.8 4.7 8.4
Marriage
 Unmarried = 0 45.3 42.5 50.6 46.2 39.2 50.5 44.5 45.1 44.4 44.9 0.179
 Married, divorced or widowed = 1 54.7 57.5 49.4 53.8 60.8 49.5 55.5 54.9 55.6 55.1
Children
 No = 0 52.9 50.0 55.8 53.4 47.4 59.9 51.6 53.4 52.4 52.3 0.197
 Yes = 1 47.1 50.0 44.2 46.6 52.6 40.1 48.4 46.6 47.6 47.7
Locations
 Rural = 0 15.0 10.6 18.1 16.5 14.3 15.5 14.8 13.4 15.3 16.0 0.502
 Urban = 1 85.0 89.4 81.9 83.5 85.7 84.5 85.2 86.6 84.7 84.0
Chronic disease
 No = 0 82.7 79.9 84.2 82.3 82.6 82.3 82.0 83.0 86.2 81.2 0.790
 Yes = 1 17.3 20.1 15.8 17.7 17.4 17.7 18.0 17.0 13.8 18.8
Region
 Eastern = 1 47.8 44.5 43.8 45.5 48.5 51.3 51.2 47.7 49.1 48.8 0.801
 Central = 2 14.1 15.4 15.8 16.2 14.0 11.9 14.1 14.1 13.5 12.2
 Western = 3 26.7 26.8 30.6 25.2 26.6 24.9 24.2 27.8 28.0 25.8
 Northeast = 4 11.4 13.4 9.8 13.2 10.9 11.9 10.5 10.5 9.5 13.2