Table 1:
Sociodemographic distribution of the study population
| Variables | Total | Self-rated Health | Chi-square | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Good N= 6,648 | Poor N=2,415 | ||||
| Country/District | 73.35 | 26.65 | 569.18 | <0.01 | |
| CN | 3,866(38.1) | 3,158(81.7) | 708(18.3) | ||
| JP | 2,496(24.6) | 1,770(70.9) | 726(29.1) | ||
| KR | 1,576(15.6) | 1,200(76.1) | 376(23.9) | ||
| Tw | 2,199(21.7) | 1,023(46.5) | 1,176(53.5) | ||
| Sex | 21.03 | <0.01 | |||
| male | 4,856(47.9) | 3,670(75.6) | 1,186(24.4) | ||
| female | 5,281(52.1) | 3,765(71.3) | 1,514(28.7) | ||
| Age group | 558.90 | <0.01 | |||
| 18–30 | 1,733(17.0) | 1,464(84.5) | 269(15.5) | ||
| 31–40 | 1,902(19.0) | 1,581(83.1) | 321(16.9) | ||
| 41–50 | 2,067(20.0) | 1,622(78.5) | 445(21.5) | ||
| 51–60 | 1,790(18.0) | 1,250(69.8) | 540(30.2) | ||
| 61–70 | 1,468(14.5) | 936(63.8) | 532(36.2) | ||
| >70 | 1,169(11.5) | 591(50.6) | 578(49.4) | ||
| Religious main groups | 270.03 | <0.01 | |||
| no religion | 6,122(60.4) | 4,776(78.0) | 1,346(22.0) | ||
| roman catholic | 168(1.7) | 124(74.0) | 44(26.0) | ||
| protestant | 577(5.7) | 433(75.0) | 144(25.0) | ||
| Islam | 105(1.0) | 68(64.8) | 37(35.2) | ||
| Buddhism | 1,726(17.0) | 1,118(64.8) | 608(35.2) | ||
| other Christian religions | 16(0.2) | 14(87.5) | 2(12.5) | ||
| other eastern religions | 1,242(12.2) | 676 (54.5) | 566(45.5) | ||
| other religions | 16(0.2) | 14(87.5) | 2(12.5) | ||
| dk, refused | 165(1.6) | 110(66.5) | 55(33.5) | ||
| Education | 310.94 | <0.01 | |||
| highest education level no formal qualification | 760(7.5) | 391(51.4) | 369(48.6) | ||
| elementary school | 1,406(13.9) | 901(64.1) | 505(35.9) | ||
| junior high | 1,908(18.8) | 1,463(76.7) | 445(23.3) | ||
| high school | 2,870(28.3) | 2,124(74.0) | 746(26.0) | ||
| junior college | 1,197(11.8) | 986(82.4) | 211(17.6) | ||
| university | 1,696(16.7) | 1,337(78.8) | 359(21.2) | ||
| graduate school | 281(2.8) | 229(81.6) | 52(18.4) | ||
| dk, refused | 19(0.19.0) | 14(73.7) | 5(26.3) | ||
| Marital status | 194.73 | <0.01 | |||
| married | 7,152(70.6) | 5,371(75.1) | 1,781(24.90) | ||
| widowed | 782(7.8) | 407(52.0) | 375(48.01) | ||
| divorced | 338(3.3) | 233(68.9) | 105(31.08) | ||
| separated (have intention to divorce) | 41(0.5) | 26(63.6) | 15(36.36) | ||
| never married | 1,741(17.3) | 1,348(77.5) | 393(22.55) | ||
| cohabiting | 53(0.6) | 36(68.7) | 17(31.3) | ||
| Urban rural | 53.45 | <0.01 | |||
| a big city | 1,627(16.1) | 1,233(75.8) | 394(24.2) | ||
| the suburbs or outskirts of a big city | 1,396(13.8) | 1,029(73.7) | 367(26.3) | ||
| a town or a small city | 3,291(32.5) | 2,480(75.4) | 811(24.6) | ||
| a country village | 2,598(25.6) | 1,827(70.2) | 777(29.8) | ||
| a farm or home in the country | 122(1.2) | 69(56.6) | 53(43.4) | ||
| Tw: not asked | 1,103(10.9) | ||||
Note: CN: China; JP: Japan; KR: South Korea; Tw: China Taiwan