Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population (baseline 2014)
From: The impact of entering poverty on the unmet medical needs of Korean adults: a 5-year cohort study
Variables | Unmet medical needs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Yes | No | P-value | ||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Total (N = 10,644) | 10,644 | 100.0 | 1,421 | 13.4 | 9,223 | 86.6 | |
Poverty status (2013 → 2014) | < 0.0001 | ||||||
No → No | 8,866 | 83.3 | 1,024 | 11.5 | 7,842 | 88.5 | |
Yes → No | 422 | 4.0 | 75 | 17.8 | 347 | 82.2 | |
No → Yes | 536 | 5.0 | 122 | 22.8 | 414 | 77.2 | |
Yes → Yes | 820 | 7.7 | 200 | 24.4 | 620 | 75.6 | |
Sex | < 0.0001 | ||||||
Men | 4,960 | 46.6 | 579 | 11.7 | 4,381 | 88.3 | |
Women | 5,684 | 53.4 | 842 | 14.8 | 4,842 | 85.2 | |
Age | < 0.0001 | ||||||
19–29 | 1,288 | 12.1 | 91 | 7.1 | 1,197 | 92.9 | |
30–49 | 3,704 | 34.8 | 437 | 11.8 | 3,267 | 88.2 | |
50–64 | 2,718 | 25.5 | 365 | 13.4 | 2,353 | 86.6 | |
65- | 2,934 | 27.6 | 528 | 18.0 | 2,406 | 82.0 | |
Region | 0.0167 | ||||||
Urban area | 4,630 | 43.5 | 576 | 12.4 | 4,054 | 87.6 | |
Rural area | 6,014 | 56.5 | 845 | 14.1 | 5,169 | 85.9 | |
Marital status | 0.0111 | ||||||
Married | 7,295 | 68.5 | 932 | 12.8 | 6,363 | 87.2 | |
Single, widow, divorced, separated | 3,349 | 31.5 | 489 | 14.6 | 2,860 | 85.4 | |
Educational level | < 0.0001 | ||||||
College or over | 3,924 | 36.9 | 373 | 9.5 | 3,551 | 90.5 | |
High school or below | 6,720 | 63.1 | 1,048 | 15.6 | 5,672 | 84.4 | |
Economic activity | 0.9669 | ||||||
Active | 6,391 | 60.0 | 852 | 13.3 | 5,539 | 86.7 | |
Non-active | 4,253 | 40.0 | 569 | 13.4 | 3,684 | 86.6 | |
Household income | < 0.0001 | ||||||
High | 2,739 | 25.7 | 284 | 10.4 | 2,455 | 89.6 | |
Mid-high | 2,614 | 24.6 | 285 | 10.9 | 2,329 | 89.1 | |
Mid-low | 2,586 | 24.3 | 329 | 12.7 | 2,257 | 87.3 | |
Low | 2,705 | 25.4 | 523 | 19.3 | 2,182 | 80.7 | |
Smoking | 0.0714 | ||||||
No | 8,450 | 79.4 | 1,102 | 13.0 | 7,348 | 87.0 | |
Yes | 2,194 | 20.6 | 319 | 14.5 | 1,875 | 85.5 | |
Drinking | 0.4561 | ||||||
Less | 7,389 | 69.4 | 999 | 13.5 | 6,390 | 86.5 | |
Much | 3,255 | 30.6 | 422 | 13.0 | 2,833 | 87.0 | |
Practicing aerobic exercise | 0.0041 | ||||||
Yes | 4,261 | 40.0 | 519 | 12.2 | 3,742 | 87.8 | |
No | 6,383 | 60.0 | 902 | 14.1 | 5,481 | 85.9 | |
Having chronic diseases | < 0.0001 | ||||||
No | 8,049 | 75.6 | 989 | 12.3 | 7,060 | 87.7 | |
Yes | 2,595 | 24.4 | 432 | 16.6 | 2,163 | 83.4 | |
Health insurance | < 0.0001 | ||||||
National health insurance | 10,263 | 96.4 | 1,316 | 12.8 | 8,947 | 87.2 | |
Medical aid | 381 | 3.6 | 105 | 27.6 | 276 | 72.4 | |