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Table 3 Age-adjusted Educational Disparities in Behavioral Risk Factors by Gender (1998)

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

   Male

Female

 

All

(%)

Illiterate

Elemen

Middle

High

College & above

All

(%)

Illiterate

Elemen

Middle

High

College & above

Smoking

            

Never

16.06

10.01

18.19

15.73

13.68

19.33

93.46

89.58

94.48

93.54

94.36

94.05

Ex

19.60

24.19

16.38

19.90

18.86

18.95

1.93

2.07

0.98

1.78

2.29

3.21

Current

64.34

65.81

65.43

64.37

67.47

61.72

4.61

8.35

4.53

4.69

3.35

2.73

 

χ2 = 466.54(p < .01, df = 8)

χ2 = 587.01(p < .01, df = 8)

Alcohol

            

No

29.00

37.62

28.52

30.41

27.41

24.99

71.79

80.38

76.91

64.08

65.24

70.51

Moderate

35.14

18.76

32.71

31.98

37.71

41.32

24.19

16.73

20.28

29.88

29.47

27.22

Heavy

35.87

43.62

38.77

37.61

34.88

33.70

4.03

2.88

2.80

6.04

5.28

2.26

 

χ2 = 596.69(p < .01, df = 8)

χ2 = 1526.23(p < .01, df = 8)

Obesity

            

No

71.07

84.04

73.77

72.89

70.00

67.13

68.92

68.06

58.53

61.29

79.08

83.52

Obesity

28.93

15.96

26.23

27.11

30.00

32.87

31.08

31.94

41.47

38.71

20.92

16.48

 

χ2 = 263.40(p < .01, df = 4)

χ2 = 3988.73(p < .01, df = 4)

Exercise

            

No

78.01

91.81

86.55

79.73

78.91

73.04

83.67

94.71

90.68

83.10

79.78

77.87

Regular

21.99

8.19

13.45

20.27

21.09

26.96

16.33

5.29

9.32

16.90

20.22

22.13

 

χ2 = 944.41(p < .01, df = 4)

χ2 = 1831.18(p < .01, df = 4)

Sleeping

            

Not

34.17

37.72

34.04

35.49

31.37

34.64

41.26

47.01

45.58

38.23

36.26

35.13

Adequate

65.83

67.28

65.96

64.51

68.63

65.38

58.74

52.99

54.42

61.77

63.74

64.87

 

χ2 = 100.02(p < .01, df = 4)

χ2 = 681.25(p < .01, df = 4)

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