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Table 2 Sociodemographic Indicators Overall and by Income Quintile (2005)

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

50.58

18.53

19.54

20.45

20.37

21.12

Female

49.42

21.49

20.47

19.55

19.63

18.87

Age

      

30-39

35.76

15.73

18.99

22.11

21.93

21.23

40-49

34.54

17.32

18.91

20.13

21.18

22.46

50-59

21.62

23.48

22.09

18.03

17.97

18.42

60-64

8.08

39.26

23.12

15.8

12.56

9.26

Occupation

      

Legislator, senior officials and manager

1.63

1.63

5.83

10.98

17.89

63.69

Professionals

4.32

4.38

7.12

9.06

21.56

57.87

Technicians and associate professionals

4.55

6.98

12.21

17.53

26.07

37.22

Clerks

9.73

3.48

12.22

22.15

25.87

36.28

Service and sales workers

17.61

15.52

19.94

21.1

24.28

19.17

Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery

5.42

37.4

26.44

13.08

12.04

11.04

Craft and related trades workers

8.93

12.55

23.9

23.68

23.38

16.49

Plant, machine operators and assemblers

6.91

14.98

22.94

27.92

20.49

13.67

Manual laborer

10.16

29.24

27.57

20.32

15.95

6.91

Military personnel

0.42

0

0

27.72

22.28

50

Students

0.22

38.1

10.47

20.95

20.95

9.52

Housewives

21.75

19.86

20.58

21.98

19.75

17.83

Unemployed

8.35

50.43

20.42

12.85

9.65

6.64

Education

      

Illiterate

2.13

55.41

20.29

12.24

7.71

4.36

Elementary

12.68

37.6

26.55

15.42

13.7

6.73

Middle

13.69

26.71

24.58

20.47

18.47

9.77

High

42.27

17.39

21.69

23.43

20.61

16.87

College & above

29.13

8.76

11.73

17.47

24.06

37.97

Marital status

      

Never married

8.22

23.39

16.52

18.08

19.04

22.97

Married

82.25

17.76

19.84

20.82

20.64

20.94

Single

9.53

35.6

23.95

14.88

15.57

10

  1. Calculations subject to rounding errors