Table 2 Descriptive characteristics of the subjects sorted by country of origins
|  | Han-Chinese N = 1825 | Vietnamese N = 2216 | Korean-Chinese N = 743 | Filipino N = 1114 | Japanese N = 1062 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Self-rated health | ||||||||||
 Poor | 570 | 31% | 673 | 30% | 294 | 40% | 264 | 24% | 496 | 47% |
 Good | 1255 | 69% | 1543 | 70% | 449 | 60% | 850 | 76% | 566 | 53% |
Age | 35.64 (6.02) | 28.49 (4.86) | 37.92 (5.98) | 33.75 (7.61) | 43.42 (7.11) | |||||
Age at arrival | 25.86 (5.29) | 22.05 (4.26) | 26.07 (5.39) | 25.10 (4.71) | 29.23 (4.59) | |||||
Education | ||||||||||
 Under 9 years | 398 | 22% | 1117 | 50% | 157 | 21% | 92 | 8% | 12 | 1% |
 9–12 years | 924 | 51% | 946 | 43% | 426 | 57% | 426 | 38% | 380 | 36% |
 Above 13 years | 503 | 28% | 153 | 7% | 160 | 22% | 596 | 54% | 670 | 63% |
Subjective social status | ||||||||||
 Low | 547 | 30% | 591 | 27% | 251 | 34% | 316 | 28% | 250 | 24% |
 Middle | 1207 | 66% | 1525 | 69% | 471 | 63% | 753 | 68% | 759 | 71% |
 High | 71 | 4% | 100 | 5% | 21 | 3% | 45 | 4% | 53 | 5% |
Residency area | ||||||||||
 Urban | 1115 | 61% | 1191 | 54% | 518 | 70% | 608 | 55% | 636 | 60% |
 Rural | 670 | 37% | 1025 | 46% | 225 | 30% | 506 | 45% | 426 | 40% |
Fluency in Korean | ||||||||||
 Poor | 136 | 7% | 213 | 10% | 9 | 1% | 103 | 9% | 74 | 7% |
 Average | 533 | 29% | 1386 | 63% | 85 | 11% | 655 | 59% | 459 | 43% |
 Good | 1156 | 63% | 617 | 28% | 649 | 87% | 356 | 32% | 529 | 50% |
Satisfaction with husband | 3.90 (1.01) | 3.83 (0.94) | 3.93 (0.98) | 3.96 (0.96) | 3.77 (1.00) | |||||
Satisfaction with children | 4.46 (0.74) | 4.55 (0.69) | 4.40 (0.78) | 4.55 (0.69) | 4.12 (0.87) | |||||
Number of children under 5 years | ||||||||||
 0 | 790 | 43% | 499 | 23% | 414 | 56% | 415 | 37% | 655 | 62% |
 1 | 788 | 43% | 1231 | 56% | 272 | 37% | 496 | 45% | 259 | 24% |
 2 | 236 | 13% | 457 | 21% | 52 | 7% | 185 | 17% | 131 | 12% |
 3≤ | 11 | 1% | 29 | 1% | 5 | 1% | 18 | 2% | 17 | 2% |
Experience of discrimination | ||||||||||
 No | 1099 | 60% | 1321 | 60% | 456 | 61% | 681 | 61% | 673 | 63% |
 Yes | 726 | 40% | 895 | 40% | 287 | 39% | 433 | 39% | 389 | 37% |
Experience of unmet medical needs | ||||||||||
 No | 1636 | 90% | 2003 | 90% | 673 | 91% | 990 | 89% | 910 | 86% |
 Yes | 189 | 10% | 213 | 10% | 70 | 9% | 124 | 11% | 152 | 14% |