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Table 1 General characteristics

From: Medical security and catastrophic health expenditures among households containing persons with disabilities in Korea: a longitudinal population-based study

 

Unit: N (%)

Variable

Total

The poor not enrolled in medical-aid

Enrollees in medical-aid

p-value

(N = 3,010)

(n = 1,751)

(n = 1,259)

 

Individual level

    

 Sex

   

0.5046

  Male

1,909

1,123 (64.1)

786 (62.4)

 

  Female

1,101

628 (35.9)

473 (37.6)

 

 Age

   

<0.001

   ≤ 39

432

256 (14.6)

176 (14.0)

 

  40–49

826

418 (23.9)

408 (32.4)

 

  50–59

1,154

682 (39.0)

472 (37.5)

 

   ≥ 60

598

395 (22.6)

203 (16.1)

 

 Education level

   

<0.001

  Below elementary school

1,352

745 (42.5)

607 (48.2)

 

  Middle/high school

1,472

877 (50.1)

595 (47.3)

 

  Above university

186

129 (7.4)

57 (4.5)

 

 Marital status

   

<0.001

  Married

1759

1,246 (71.2)

513 (40.7)

 

  Single

522

226 (12.9)

296 (23.5)

 

  Divorced or separated

729

279 (15.9)

450 (35.7)

 

 Severity of disability

   

<0.001

  Low

1,637

1,121 (64.0)

516 (41.0)

 

  High

1,373

630 (36.0)

743 (59.0)

 

 Self-rated health

   

<0.001

  Good

1,003

691 (39.5)

312 (24.8)

 

  Bad

2,007

1,060 (60.5)

947 (75.2)

 

 Chronic disease

   

<0.001

  Yes

1,566

835 (47.7)

731 (58.1)

 

  No

1,444

916 (52.3)

528 (41.9)

 

Household level

    

 Equalized income

   

<0.001

 Q1 (lowest income)

746

408 (23.3)

338 (26.8)

 

 Q2

757

279 (15.9)

478 (38.0)

 

 Q3

755

427 (24.4)

328 (26.1)

 

 Q4 (highest income)

752

637 (36.4)

115 (9.1)

 

 Disabled

   

<0.001

  1

2,474

1,543 (88.1)

931 (73.9)

 

   ≥ 2

536

208 (11.9)

328 (26.1)

 

 Employed

   

<0.001

  0

1,687

651 (37.2)

1,036 (82.3)

 

  1

1,323

1,100 (62.8)

223 (17.7)

 

 Senior citizen

   

<0.001

  0

2,504

1,413 (80.7)

1,091 (86.7)

 

   ≥ 1

506

338 (19.3)

168 (13.3)