aDepartment of Public Health Science, Graduate School, BK21 Plus Program in Public Health Science, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
bDepartment of Health & Care Administration, The Cyber University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
cDepartment of Health Administration, Hanyang Women’s University, Seoul, Korea
Copyright ©2019, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Frequency or Mean | % or SD | |
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Gender | ||
Men | 4,213 | 41.0 |
Women | 6,067 | 59.0 |
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Age (y) | ||
65–69 | 2,004 | 21.9 |
70–74 | 2,926 | 32.0 |
75–79 | 2,428 | 26.6 |
80–84 | 1,268 | 13.9 |
< 85 | 519 | 5.7 |
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Education level | ||
No formal education | 2,405 | 26.3 |
Elementary School | 2,794 | 30.6 |
Middle School | 1,333 | 14.6 |
High School | 1,727 | 18.9 |
College Degree or higher | 886 | 9.7 |
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Family status | ||
Elder who lives alone | 2,493 | 27.3 |
With partner | 4,815 | 52.7 |
With children | 1,473 | 16.1 |
With relatives or friends | 364 | 4.0 |
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ADL | ||
Complete independence | 8,692 | 95.0 |
Dependence | 453 | 5.0 |
Age norms | ||
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Learning * | 3.67 | 0.81 |
Strongly disagree | 81 | 0.8 |
Disagree | 1,007 | 10.5 |
Undecided | 1,934 | 18.8 |
Agree | 6,252 | 60.8 |
Strongly agree | 936 | 9.1 |
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Working * | 3.61 | 0.86 |
Strongly disagree | 127 | 1.2 |
Disagree | 1,375 | 13.4 |
Undecided | 1,809 | 17.6 |
Agree | 6,036 | 58.7 |
Strongly agree | 933 | 9.1 |
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Remarriage * | 2.42 | 0.93 |
Strongly disagree | 2,118 | 20.6 |
Disagree | 4,400 | 42.8 |
Undecided | 1,429 | 13.9 |
Agree | 2,037 | 19.8 |
Strongly agree | 296 | 2.9 |
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Friendship group | ||
Yes | 4,379 | 42.6 |
No | 5,901 | 57.4 |
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Volunteer | ||
Yes | 1,830 | 17.8 |
No | 8,450 | 82.2 |
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Senior center | ||
Yes | 3,878 | 37.7 |
No | 6,402 | 62.3 |
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Subjective health status * | 2.92 | 1.02 |
Very good | 251 | 2.4 |
Good | 3,482 | 33.9 |
Fair | 2,420 | 23.5 |
Bad | 3,439 | 33.5 |
Very bad | 688 | 6.7 |