Table 2 Differences in health check-up and cancer screening participation according to general characteristics
Variable | Total (N=2414) | Health check-up participation | Cancer screening participation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No (n=756) | Yes (n=1658) | P-value | No (n=932) | Yes (n=1482) | P-value | ||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||||
Sex | |||||||
 Male | 1106 (45.8) | 358 (32.4) | 748 (67.6) | 0.306 | 468 (42.3) | 638 (57.7) | 0.001 |
 Female | 1308 (54.2) | 398 (30.4) | 910 (69.6) |  | 464 (35.5) | 844 (64.5) |  |
Age (years) | |||||||
 19–44 | 343 (14.2) | 182 (53.1) | 161 (46.9) | <0.001 | 234 (68.2) | 109 (31.8) | <0.001 |
 45–64 | 903 (37.4) | 202 (22.4) | 701 (77.6) |  | 262 (29.0) | 641 (71.0) |  |
 ≥ 65 | 1168 (48.4) | 372 (31.8) | 796 (68.2) |  | 436 (37.3) | 732 (62.7) |  |
Marital status | |||||||
 Single | 329 (13.6) | 187 (56.8) | 142 (43.2) | <0.001 | 251 (76.3) | 78 (23.7) | <0.001 |
 Married | 1721 (71.3) | 419 (24.3) | 1302 (75.7) |  | 506 (29.4) | 1215 (70.6) |  |
 Other (divorced, widowed, separated) | 364 (15.1) | 150 (41.2) | 214 (58.8) |  | 175 (48.1) | 189 (51.9) |  |
Area of residence | Â | ||||||
 Capital area | 693 (28.7) | 509 (29.6) | 1212 (70.4) | 0.004 | 622 (36.1) | 1099 (63.9) | <0.001 |
 Non-capital area | 1721 (71.3) | 247 (35.6) | 446 (64.4) |  | 310 (44.7) | 383 (55.3) |  |
Education level | |||||||
 ≤ Elementary school graduate | 981 (40.6) | 318 (32.4) | 663 (67.6) | 0.001 | 374 (38.1) | 607 (61.9) | 0.050 |
 Middle school graduate | 305 (12.6) | 74 (24.3) | 231 (75.7) |  | 98 (32.1) | 207 (67.9) |  |
 High school graduate | 677 (28.0) | 241 (35.6) | 436 (64.4) |  | 278 (41.1) | 399 (58.9) |  |
 ≥ College graduate | 451 (18.7) | 123 (27.3) | 328 (72.7) |  | 182 (40.4) | 269 (59.6) |  |
Occupation category | |||||||
 White collar | 265 (11.0) | 58 (21.9) | 207 (78.1) | <0.001 | 98 (37.0) | 167 (63.0) | <0.001 |
 Sales and service Associates | 249 (10.3) | 67 (26.9) | 182 (73.1) |  | 84 (33.7) | 165 (66.3) |  |
 Blue collar | 685 (28.4) | 169 (24.7) | 516 (75.3) |  | 223 (32.6) | 462 (67.4) |  |
 Other (students, housewives, unemployed) | 1215 (50.3) | 462 (38.0) | 62.0 (62.0) |  | 527 (43.4) | 688 (56.6) |  |
Income level (million KRW) | |||||||
 < 2 | 1267 (52.5) | 427 (33.7) | 840 (66.3) | 0.029 | 493 (38.9) | 774 (61.1) | 0.830 |
 2–4 | 646 (26.8) | 186 (28.8) | 460 (71.2) |  | 243 (37.6) | 403 (62.4) |  |
 > 4 | 501 (20.8) | 143 (28.5) | 358 (71.5) |  | 196 (39.1) | 305 (60.9) |  |
Subjective health status | |||||||
 Good | 599 (24.8) | 187 (31.2) | 412 (68.8) | 0.061 | 246 (41.1) | 353 (58.9) | 0.072 |
 Moderate | 888 (36.8) | 255 (28.7) | 633 (71.3) |  | 317 (35.7) | 571 (64.3) |  |
 Poor | 927 (38.4) | 314 (33.9) | 613 (66.1) |  | 369 (39.8) | 558 (60.2) |  |
Subjective stress level | |||||||
 Very high | 173 (7.2) | 60 (34.7) | 113 (65.3) | 0.303 | 78 (45.1) | 95 (54.9) | 0.137 |
 High | 662 (27.4) | 208 (31.4) | 454 (68.6) |  | 245 (37.0) | 417 (63.0) |  |
 Low | 1058 (43.8) | 313 (29.6) | 745 (70.4) |  | 396 (37.4) | 662 (62.6) |  |
 Very low | 521 (21.6) | 175 (33.6) | 346 (66.4) |  | 213 (40.9) | 308 (59.1) |  |
Symptoms of depression | |||||||
 No | 788 (32.6) | 198 (25.1) | 590 (74.9) | <0.001 | 273 (34.6) | 515 (65.4) | 0.005 |
 Yes | 1626 (67.4) | 558 (34.4) | 1068 (65.7) |  | 659 (40.5) | 967 (59.5) |  |
Chronic disease | |||||||
 No | 937 (38.8) | 347 (37.0) | 590 (63.0) | <0.001 | 432 (46.1) | 505 (53.9) | <0.001 |
 Yes | 1477 (61.2) | 409 (27.7) | 1658 (72.3) |  | 500 (33.9) | 977 (66.1) |  |