Table 1 Distribution of study population, prevalence of poor self-rated health, ethnic discrimination, and asking for fair treatment among marriage migrants in South Korea (N = 14,406)

Gender

0.570

<0.001

<0.001

 Male

2,215 (15.4)

201 (9.1)

1,021 (46.1)

431 (42.2)

 Female

12,191 (84.6)

1,061 (8.7)

4,859 (39.9)

1,467 (30.2)

Age

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

 20-29

4,067 (28.2)

125 (3.1)

1,541 (37.9)

394 (25.6)

 30-39

4,855 (33.7)

260 (5.4)

2,101 (43.3)

717 (34.1)

 40-49

3,523 (24.5)

384 (10.9)

1,571 (44.6)

539 (34.3)

 50-59

1,330 (9.2)

251 (18.9)

513 (38.6)

189 (36.8)

 60-

631 (4.4)

242 (38.4)

154 (24.4)

59 (38.3)

Education

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

 Primary school or less

1,202 (8.3)

200 (16.6)

428 (35.6)

114 (26.6)

 Junior high school graduate

2,688 (18.7)

288 (10.7)

1,038 (38.6)

294 (28.3)

 High school graduate

5,978 (41.5)

521 (8.7)

2,483 (41.5)

790 (31.8)

 College or more

4,538 (31.5)

253 (5.6)

1,931 (42.6)

700 (36.3)

Marital status

<0.001

0.256

0.038

 Currently married

13,735 (95.3)

1,054 (7.7)

5,592 (40.7)

1,789 (32.0)

 Previously married

671 (4.7)

208 (31.0)

288 (42.9)

109 (37.9)

Years of stay in Korea

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

  ≤ 1

176 (1.2)

8 (4.6)

30 (17.1)

4 (13.3)

  ≤ 5

4,151 (28.8)

195 (4.7)

1,469 (35.4)

360 (24.5)

  ≤ 9

4,190 (29.1)

351 (8.4)

1,851 (44.2)

616 (33.3)

  ≥ 10

5,889 (40.9)

708 (12.0)

2,530 (43.0)

918 (36.3)

Residential area

<0.001

<0.001

0.240

 Metropolitan area

5,260 (33.9)

555 (10.6)

2,257 (42.9)

749 (33.2)

 Rural area

9,146 (66.1)

707 (7.7)

3,623 (39.6)

1,149 (31.7)

Household income

<0.001

0.005

<0.001

 Very low

1,427 (9.9)

370 (25.9)

530 (37.1)

152 (28.7)

 Low

4,265 (29.6)

436 (10.2)

1,770 (41.5)

543 (30.7)

 Middle

6,848 (47.5)

383 (5.6)

2,849 (41.6)

918 (32.2)

 High

1,866 (13.0)

73 (3.9)

731 (39.2)

285 (39.0)

Perceived socioeconomic position

<0.001

<0.001

0.367

 Low

3,144 (21.8)

518 (16.5)

1,575 (50.1)

496 (31.5)

 Middle

9,114 (63.3)

604 (6.6)

3,582 (39.3)

1,153 (32.2)

 High

2,148 (14.9)

140 (6.5)

<0.001

723 (33.7)

249 (34.4)

Occupation

<0.001

<0.001

 Permanent worker

2,739 (19.0)

137 (5.0)

1,229 (44.9)

496 (41.4)

 Precarious worker

3,724 (25.9)

317 (8.5)

1,821 (48.9)

581 (31.9)

 Employer

791 (5.5)

49 (6.2)

314 (39.7)

137 (43.6)

 Unpaid family worker

746 (5.2)

48 (6.4)

253 (33.9)

71 (28.1)

 Unemployed

6,406 (44.3)

711 (11.1)

2,263 (35.3)

613 (27.1)

Korean language ability

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

 Fluent

6,547 (45.4)

725 (11.1)

2,486 (38.0)

947 (38.1)

 Fair

5,956 (41.3)

410 (6.9)

2,627 (44.1)

774 (29.5)

 Poor

1,903 (13.2)

127 (6.7)

767 (40.3)

177 (23.1)