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Table 1 Socio-demographic, socio-economic, and health status characteristics of subjects (N = 11,793)

From: Factors influencing health care use by health insurance subscribers and medical aid beneficiaries: a study based on data from the Korea welfare panel study database

Characteristics

 

Total

n (%)

Health insurance subscribers

(n = 10,838)

n (%)

Medical aid beneficiaries

(n = 955)

n (%)

Gender

Men

6650 (44.5)

5955 (54.9)

360 (37.7)

Women

5243 (55.5)

4883 (45.1)

595 (62.3)

Age

≤19

181 (1.5)

119 (1.1)

52 (6.5)

20–29

393 (3.3)

343 (3.2)

50 (5.2)

30–39

1336 (11.3)

1314 (12.1)

22 (2.3)

40–49

2087 (17.7)

1990 (18.4)

97 (10.2)

50–59

2023 (17.3)

1856 (17.1)

167 (17.5)

60–69

1995 (16.9)

1829 (16.8)

166 (17.4)

≥70

3778 (32.0)

3387 (31.3)

391 (40.9)

Having a spouse

Yes

8107 (68.7)

7844 (72.4)

263 (27.5)

No

3686 (31.3)

2994 (27.6)

692 (72.5)

Household type

Single

2010 (17.0)

1642 (15.2)

368 (38.5)

Non-single

9783 (83.0)

9196 (84.8)

587 (61.5)

Education

None

1151 (9.7)

968 (8.9)

183 (19.2)

 (Graduation)

Primary school

2707 (23.0)

2409 (22.2)

298 (31.2)

Secondary school

4969 (42.1)

4583 (42.3)

386 (40.4)

College

2966 (25.2)

2878 (26.6)

88 (9.2)

Private health

Join

6435 (54.6)

6214 (57.3)

221 (23.1)

 Insurance

Do not join

5358 (45.4)

4624 (42.7)

734 (76.9)

Public pension

Join

6170 (52.3)

6077 (56.1)

93 (9.7)

Do not join

5623 (47.7)

4761 (43.9)

862 (90.3)

Residential area

City

9395 (79.7)

8595 (79.3)

800 (83.8)

Rural

2398 (20.3)

2243 (20.7)

155 (16.2)

Administrative

Capital

4184 (35.5)

3887 (35.9)

297 (31.1)

 Area

Non-capital

7609 (64.5)

6951 (64.1)

658 (68.9)

Financial activity

Yes

10,344 (87.7)

9726 (89.7)

618 (64.7)

 Participation

No

1449 (12.3)

1112 (10.3)

337 (35.3)

Low-income

Yes

7498 (63.6)

3411 (31.5)

884 (92.6)

household

No

4295 (36.4)

7427 (68.5)

71 (7.4)

Perceived health

Very good

1060 (9.0)

1035 (9.5)

25 (2.6)

 Status

Good

5246 (44.6)

5047 (46.6)

199 (20.8)

Neutral

2789 (23.6)

2529 (23.4)

260 (27.2)

Poor

2480 (21.0)

2050 (18.9)

430 (45.0)

Very poor

218 (1.8)

177 (1.6)

41 (4.4)

Presence of

Yes

6853 (58.1)

6089 (56.2)

764 (80.0)

 Chronic illness

No

4940 (41.9)

4749 (43.8)

191 (20.0)

Disability

Yes

1331 (11.4)

1031 (9.6)

300 (31.7)

No

10,390 (88.6)

9745 (90.4)

645 (68.3)