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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the subjects

From: Factors affecting the self-rated health of immigrant women married to native men and raising children in South Korea: a cross-sectional study

 

Good (n = 4663)

Poor (n = 2297)

p-value

Age (mean and SD)

33.3 (7.29)

36.9 (8.65)

17.15

P < 0.001

Age at arrival

24.6 (5.11)

26.1 (5.72)

10.78

P < 0.001

Education

 Under 9 years

1196

26%

580

25%

14.80

P < 0.001

 9–12 years

2011

43%

1091

47%

  

 Above 13 years

1456

31%

626

27%

  

Subjective social status

 Low

1094

23%

861

37%

179.29

P < 0.001

 Middle

3320

71%

1395

61%

  

 High

249

5%

41

2%

  

Residency area

 Urban

2762

59%

1346

59%

0.23

0.6313

 Rural

1901

41%

951

41%

  

Ethnicity

 Han-Chinese

1255

27%

570

25%

157.81

P < 0.001

 Vietnamese

1543

33%

673

29%

  

 Korean-Chinese

449

10%

294

13%

  

 Filipino

850

18%

264

11%

  

 Japanese

566

12%

496

22%

  

Fluency in Korean

 Poor

354

8%

181

8%

57.91

P < 0.001

 Average

1948

42%

1170

51%

  

 Good

2361

51%

946

41%

  

Satisfaction with husband

4.03 (0.92)

3.54 (1.01)

−19.39

P < 0.001

Satisfaction with children

4.54 (0.69)

4.26 (0.85)

−13.86

P < 0.001

Number of children under 5 years

 0

1617

35%

1156

50%

161.7

P < 0.001

 1

2188

47%

858

37%

  

 2

796

17%

265

12%

  

 3≤

62

1%

18

1%

  

Experience of discrimination

 No

3030

65%

1200

52%

104.2

P < 0.001

 Yes

1633

35%

1097

48%

  

Experience of unmet medical needs

 No

4356

93%

1856

81%

254.0

P < 0.001

 Yes

307

7%

441

19%

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