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Table 1 Sociodemographic Indicators Overall and by Income Quintile (1998)

From: Socioeconomic disparities in behavioral risk factors and health outcomes by gender in the Republic of Korea

Indicators

All (%)

Lowest

Low

Medium

High

Highest

Sex

      

Male

48.15

17.93

19.77

20.57

20.64

21.09

Female

51.85

21.93

20.19

19.48

19.39

19.00

Age

      

30-39

36.96

12.56

21.24

21.83

22.05

22.32

40-49

30.13

15.47

20.40

22.45

20.79

20.90

50-59

22.34

27.28

19.06

17.26

18.09

18.31

60-64

10.57

43.60

16.43

12.48

14.53

12.95

Occupation

      

Legislator, senior officials and manager

0.47

0.00

0.00

10.71

50.00

39.29

Professionals

3.46

1.93

6.28

16.91

42.03

32.85

Technicians and associate professionals

2.79

2.40

17.96

22.75

32.93

23.95

Clerks

7.95

2.73

14.08

26.47

32.98

23.74

Service and sales workers

18.00

11.60

20.78

23.84

19.94

23.84

Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery

15.08

35.33

18.49

12.85

16.72

16.61

Craft and related trades workers

8.25

9.51

25.51

23.89

19.03

22.06

Plant, machine operators and assemblers

4.41

8.71

30.68

21.59

13.64

25.38

Manual laborer

9.40

27.89

19.89

19.18

17.05

15.99

Military personnel

0.07

0.00

0.00

25.00

50.00

25.00

Students

0.10

16.67

33.33

16.67

0.00

33.33

Housewives

21.31

20.14

22.49

22.10

17.95

17.32

Unemployed

8.72

47.51

16.86

10.73

11.69

13.22

Education

      

Illiterate

5.93

53.80

14.65

11.27

10.42

9.86

Elementary

21.44

33.26

19.47

15.26

14.95

17.06

Middle

18.55

20.43

23.76

20.88

17.37

17.55

High

35.94

13.99

22.03

22.54

19.42

22.03

College & above

18.14

4.79

14.46

22.56

32.87

25.32

Marital status

      

Never married

7.70

42.95

17.57

15.84

11.28

12.36

Married

88.24

17.52

20.27

20.74

20.86

20.61

Single

4.06

30.45

18.52

11.93

17.70

21.40

  1. Calculations subject to rounding errors