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Table 3 Unadjusted and adjusted social support score according to education in South Korea

From: 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

Social support score

Education in South Korea

p-value

College or more

(n = 41)

Middle/high school

(n = 53)

No

(n = 32)

Unadjusted

 Mean

31.29a

33.77ab

37.59b

0.004

 [SD]

[8.45]

[7.77]

[7.50]

 

Adjusted

 Mean

31.90

33.05

38.01

0.020

 [SE]

[1.27]

[1.14]

[1.63]

 
  1. Unadjusted means are reported with standard deviation in brackets. Adjusted means are reported with standard error in brackets. p-values were obtained by ANOVA and ANCOVA controlling for age, gender, living with family, residence period in South Korea, smoking, and drinking. SD standard deviation, SE standard error
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BMC Public Health

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