Table 3 General characteristics of the study participants in K-Stori
From: The Korean Study of Women’s Health-Related Issues (K-Stori): Rationale and Study Design
Variables | Adolescent girls N (%) | Childbearing women N (%) | Pregnant/Postpartum women N (%) | Menopausal women N (%) | Elderly women N (%) | Total N (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 3000 (100.0) | 3000 (100.0) | 3000 (100.0) | 3000 (100.0) | 3000 (100.0) | 15,000 (100.0) | |
Age | Mean (SD) | 15.5 (1.1) | 31.2 (7.4) | 32.9 (4.3) | 54.4 (5.6) | 71.8 (4.3) | 41.2 (20.3) |
Urbanization | Urban | 2397 (79.9) | 2400 (80) | 2451 (81.7) | 2394 (79.8) | 2357 (78.6) | 11,999 (80.0) |
Rural | 602 (20.1) | 600 (20) | 549 (18.3) | 606 (20.2) | 643 (21.4) | 3001 (20.0) | |
Monthly Household Income ($) | ≤1699 | 412 (13.8) | 190 (6.3) | 49 (1.7) | 313 (10.4) | 1837 (61.2) | 2801 (18.6) |
1700 ~ 3499 | 1466 (48.9) | 1316 (43.9) | 2046 (68.2) | 1418 (47.3) | 880 (29.3) | 7126 (47.5) | |
≥3500 | 1122 (37.4) | 1494 (49.8) | 905 (30.2) | 1269 (42.3) | 283 (9.4) | 5073 (33.8) | |
Insurance Type | National Health Insurance (Self-employed) | - | 750 (25.0) | 534 (17.8) | 1429 (47.6) | 1684 (56.1) | 4397 (36.6) |
National Health Insurance (Employed) | - | 2238 (74.6) | 2457 (81.9) | 1539 (51.3) | 1173 (39.1) | 7407 (61.7) | |
Medical Aid | - | 6 (0.2) | 7 (0.2) | 30 (1.0) | 139 (4.6) | 182 (1.5) | |
No insured | - | 6 (0.2) | 2 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 4 (0.1) | 14 (0.1) | |
Marital Status | Single | - | 1498 (49.9) | 15 (0.5) | 21 (0.7) | 22 (0.7) | 1556 (13.0) |
Married (with spouse) | - | 1442 (48.1) | 2940 (98.0) | 2705 (90.2) | 1896 (63.2) | 8983 (74.9) | |
Separated/Divorced | - | 60 (2.0) | 45 (1.5) | 274 (9.1) | 1082 (36.1) | 1461 (12.2) | |
Education | No | - | 3 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 14 (0.5) | 428 (14.3) | 445 (3.7) |
Primary School | - | 5 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 181 (6.0) | 1292 (43.1) | 1478 (12.3) | |
Middle School | - | 17 (0.6) | 12 (0.4) | 400 (13.3) | 815 (27.2) | 1244 (10.4) | |
High School | - | 724 (24.1) | 640 (21.3) | 1703 (56.8) | 426 (14.2) | 3493 (29.1) | |
University or Higher | - | 2251 (75.0) | 2348 (78.3) | 702 (23.4) | 39 (13.0) | 5340 (44.5) | |