Factors associated with different numbers of health behaviors by living arrangements

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Table 2 Comparison of multiple healthy behaviors by living arrangement

Variables	Categories	Total	Living with others	Living alone	P-value
Total		100.0%^a (N^b = 15,934)	92.0%^a (n^b = 14,351)	8.0%^a (n^b = 1583)
Maintenance of health behaviors
No smoking	Yes	76.9	77.3	72.0	0.001
No smoking	No	23.1	22.7	28.0
No alcohol consumption	Yes	41.6	41.0	48.9	< 0.001
No alcohol consumption	No	58.4	59.0	51.1
Weight control	Yes	67.0	67.6	59.3	< 0.001
Weight control	No	33.0	32.4	40.7
Numbers of healthy behaviors
0		7.5	7.3	9.4	< 0.05
1		24.0	24.1	23.0
2		44.1	43.9	45.5
3		24.4	24.7	22.1

Note: The missing data was less than 5% and non-responses were excluded from the analysis. P-values were determined using Chi-square tests with complex sample analysis
^aWeighted percentages calculated by a complex sample analysis
^bUnweighted number

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