The association of education in a new society and social support from the education with the health of North Korean defectors: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Related factors of self-rated health status among North Korean defectors (n = 126)

Independent Variables	Self-rated health status		p-Value
	good/moderate	poor
	(n = 98)	(n = 28)
Age (years)	29.88 [14.71]	48.89 [16.98]	< 0.001
Gender
Male	29 [29.6]	2 [7.1]	0.029
Female	69 [70.4]	26 [92.9]
Living with family
No	25 [25.5]	10 [35.7]	0.288
Yes	73 [74.5]	18 [64.3]
Residence period in South Korea (months)	67.35 [53.50]	97.93 [52.20]	0.009
Smoking
Yes	19 [19.4]	3 [10.7]	0.286
No	79 [80.6]	25 [89.3]
Drinking
Yes	66 [67.3]	14 [50.0]	0.093
No	32 [32.7]	14 [50.0]
Education in South Korea
No	16 [16.3]	16 [57.1]	< 0.001
Middle/high school	46 [46.9]	7 [25.0]
College or more	36 [36.7]	5 [17.9]

Notes. Means for continuous variables are reported with standard deviation in brackets. Frequencies for categorical variables are reported with column percent in brackets. p-values were obtained by independent t-test in continuous variables and chi-square test in categorical variables

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