Contextual effects of social integration and disintegration on health status: evidence from South Korea

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Descriptive statistics for measures in a population-based analysis of the sample

Characteristics	Categories	Sample	Range		Mean ^a
Characteristics	Categories	Sample	Min	Max	Mean ^a
Individual-level (L1, N = 6909)
Region, %	Town	2282			33.0%
	City	2362			34.2%
	Metropolis	2265			32.8%
Gender, %	Men	3341			48.4%
Gender, %	Women	3568			51.6%
Age (yrs)	20–29	1113			16.1%
	30–39	1995			28.9%
	40–49	2094			30.3%
	50–59	1164			16.8%
	> = 60	543			7.9%
Educational attainment	Elementary school	25			0.4%
	Middle school	52			0.8%
	High school	1686			24.4%
	College	4499			65.1%
	Postgraduate	647			9.4%
Annual income (KRW)^b	> 10,000 K	1312			19.0%
	10,000 ~ 19,999 K	815			11.8%
	20,000 ~ 29,999 K	1406			20.4%
	30,000 ~ 39,999 K	1181			17.1%
	40,000 ~ 49,999 K	740			10.7%
	50,000 ~ 59,999 K	566			8.2%
	60,000 ~ 69,999 K	331			4.8%
	70,000 ~ 79,999 K	232			3.4%
	80,000 ~ 89,999 K	135			2.0%
	90,000 ~ 99,999 K	81			1.2%
	> 100,000 K	110			1.6%
Self-rated health status	High	4285			62.0%
Self-rated health status	Low	2624			38.0%
Community-level (L2, J = 229)^c
NBMI (2017)		228	0.02	67.7	14.87 (±9.81)
GRDP (2016)		223	287 K	59,981 K	7166 K (±9064 K)
TFR (2017)		227	0.646	2.099	1.16 (±0.262)
NFMC (2017)		226	8	13,471	2069.7 (±2128.5)
ROPH (2017)		229	18.5	46.0	30.8 (±5.2)

^aContinuous variables are presented in mean (standard deviation) and categorical variables in percent (%)
^bEquivalized annual income; KRW (Korean Won) 10,000 K = USD $8253.82 (Feb, 2020)
^cNBMI (the number of beds of medical institution per 1000 people; GRDP (gross regional domestic product); TFR (the total fertility rate); NFMC (the number of four major crime); ROPH (the ratio of one-person households)

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