Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of the study sample by experiencing of unmet healthcare needs during the COVID-19 outbreak in 2021 (n = 1961).
| Variables | Overall unmet health care needs |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n = 173) |
No (n = 1788) |
p-value | ||
| Number (%) | ||||
| Sex | Female | 108 (9.8) | 999 (90.2) | 0.10 |
| Male | 65 (7.6) | 789 (92.4) | ||
| Age | 65–69 | 54 (8.5) | 579 (91.5) | 0.57 |
| 70–74 | 38 (7.9) | 442 (92.1) | ||
| 75 & over | 81 (9.6) | 767 (90.5) | ||
| Income† | Q1 | 109 (10.6) | 916 (89.4) | <0.01 |
| Q2 | 51 (8.7) | 535 (91.3) | ||
| Q3 | 13 (3.7) | 337 (96.3) | ||
| Education | Elementary | 109 (12.4) | 771 (87.6) | <0.01 |
| Junior high | 37 (7.0) | 495 (93.0) | ||
| High & Post-secondary | 27 (4.9) | 522 (95.1) | ||
| Region | Seoul metro region | 131 (17.2) | 632 (82.8) | <0.01 |
| Non-Seoul metro regions | 42 (3.5) | 1156 (96.5) | ||
| Work | Currently work | 49 (6.9) | 659 (93.1) | 0.03 |
| No work | 124 (9.9) | 1129(90.1) | ||
| Self-rated health | Good | 119 (7.7) | 1420 (92.3) | <0.01 |
| Bad | 54 (12.8) | 368 (87.2) | ||
| Chronic condition | None | 46 (7.8) | 547 (92.2) | 0.74 |
| 1 | 58 (9.1) | 581 (90.9) | ||
| 2 | 46 (9.5) | 436 (90.5) | ||
| 3+ | 23 (9.3) | 224 (90.7) | ||
| Understanding public health measures | Good | 57 (5.2) | 1039 (94.8) | <0.01 |
| Poor | 116 (13.4) | 749 (86.6) | ||
| Trust public health measures | Good | 121 (8.7) | 1263 (91.3) | 0.85 |
| Poor | 52 (9.0) | 525 (91.0) | ||
| Satisfaction of public health measures | Good | 109 (8.0) | 1251 (92.0) | 0.06 |
| Poor | 64 (10.7) | 537 (89.3) | ||
†Q1: <1 million won(approx. 868 USD), Q2: <2 million won, Q3: more than 2 million won