Table 9 Age-adjusted Means* and Odds Ratios** of Morbidity among Korean Men and Women by Socioeconomic Position (1998)

Male

0.913^A

0.842^A

0.794^B

0.764^BC

0.684^C

F = 6.62

(p < .01, df = 4)

2.86 (0.99 - 8.30)

1.63 (1.15 - 2.33)

1.38 (1.02 - 1.89)

1.36 (1.08 - 1.73)

1.00

Female

0.957^A

0.933^A

0.819^B

0.766 ^C

0.697^C

F = 16.72

(p < .01, df = 4)

5.37 (2.68 - 10.76)

4.06 (2.67 - 6.20)

1.54 (1.10 - 2.17)

1.35 (1.02 - 1.80)

1.00

Income

Quintile

Lowest

(20%)

Low

(20%)

Medium

(20%)

High

(20%)

Highest

(20%)

Sig

Male

0.807^A

0.771^AB

0.764^AB

0.754^AB

0.743^B

F = 6.39

(p < .01, df = 4)

1.17 (0.85 - 1.61)

1.15 (0.85 - 1.54)

1.11 (0.83 - 1.48)

1.05 (0.78 - 1.40)

1.00

Female

0.907^A

0.820^BC

0.852^B

0.791^C

0.782^C

F = 16.90

(p < .01, df = 4)

1.89 (1.33 - 2.69)

1.19 (0.88 - 1.61)

1.61 (1.18 - 2.21)

1.04 (0.78 - 1.40)

1.00

Occupation

Index

Class VI

Class V

Class IV

Class III

Class II

Class I

Sig

Male

0.840^A

0.848^A

0.734^B

0.767^B

0.716^B

0.699^B

F = 5.23

(p < .01, df = 5)

1.49(0.96 -- 2.33)

1.42(0.96 -- 2.08)

1.00(0.79 -- 1.52)

1.09(0.79 -- 1.52)

0.97(0.71 -- 1.32)

1.00

Female

0.917^AB

0.973^A

0.819^B

0.833^B

0.640^C

0.620^C

F = 7.67

(p < .01, df = 5)

1.46(0.90 -- 2.35)

4.56(1.11 -- 8.85)

0.97(0.69 -- 1.36)

0.94(0.63 -- 1.41)

0.50(0.33 -- 0.74)

1.00