Tables 2 Descriptive characteristics of the sample by overall unmet health care needs, KNHANES 2010–2012
From: Understanding reasons for unmet health care needs in Korea: what are health policy implications?
Variables | Overall unmet need | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female | Male | ||||||
Yes - Estimated n (%) | No- Estimated n (%) | p-value* | Yes - Estimated n (%) | No- Estimated n (%) | p-value* | ||
Unmet need | Experience within the past 1Â year | 4,204,621 (22.4) | 14,531,313 (77.6) | Â | 2,622,189(14.5) | 15,456,535 (85.5) | Â |
Age | 19–34 | 1,369,050 (26.0) | 3,898,168 (74.0) | <  0.01 | 830,225 (15.0) | 4,719,006 (85.5) | 0.16 |
35–49 | 1,062,884 (17.9) | 4,860,195 (82.1) | 924,922 (15.3) | 5,124,277 (84.7) | |||
50–64 | 962,174 (21.2) | 3,569,141 (78.8) | 619,790 (14.2) | 3,735,121 (85.8) | |||
65 + | 810,513 (26.9) | 2,203,809 (73.1) | 247,251 (11.6) | 1,878,132 (88.4) | |||
Marital status | Married or living with partner | 2,522,832 (20.1) | 10,017,217 (79.9) | <  0.01 | 1,801,493 (14.4) | 10,729,838 (85.6) | 0.74 |
Single or living alone | 1,681,790 (27.1) | 4,514,095 (72.9) | 820,696 (14.8) | 4,726,697 (85.2) | |||
Education | Completion of elementary school | 1,296,794 (27.4) | 3,434,929 (72.6) | <  0.01 | 354,495 (16.1) | 1,843,690 (83.9) | 0.28 |
Completion of middle school | 387,824 (20.5) | 1,502,759 (79.5) | 272,357 (14.8) | 1,563,496 (85.2) | |||
Completion of high school | 1,338,885 (19.8) | 5,438,113 (80.2) | 1,128,855 (15.0) | 6,380,613 (85.0) | |||
Completion of post-secondary | 1,181,118 (22.1) | 4,155,511 (77.9) | 866,481 (13.3) | 5,668,736 (86.7) | |||
Income | Q1(Lowest) | 1,044,038 (30.7) | 2,355,908 (69.3) | <  0.01 | 344,707 (13.7) | 2,173,829 (86.3) | 0.71 |
Q2 | 1,177,407 (22.7) | 4,014,225 (77.3) | 733,115 (15.2) | 4,087,629 (84.8) | |||
Q3 | 1,112,956 (21.4) | 4,084,109 (78.6) | 819,758 (14.9) | 4,695,497 (85.1) | |||
Q4(Highest) | 870,221 (17.6) | 4,077,071 (82.4) | 724,608 (13.9) | 4,499,580 (86.1) | |||
Occupation | White collar and office | 908,711 (25.9) | 2,598,568 (74.1) | <  0.01 | 697,074 (13.5) | 4,460,213 (86.5) | 0.01 |
Services and sales | 641,635 (22.6) | 2,195,116 (77.4) | 396,073 (16.7) | 1,981,006 (83.3) | |||
Farming & fishing | 263,807 (28.1) | 674,658 (71.9) | 219,529 (14.9) | 1,249,880 (85.1) | |||
Blue collar | 574,624 (24.7) | 1,753,012 (75.3) | 848,462 (16.5) | 4,296,984 (83.5) | |||
Out of labour market (Homemakers/students, etc.) | 1,815,844 (19.9) | 7,309,959 (80.1) | 461,051 (11.7) | 3,468,453 (88.3) | |||
Region | Seoul | 743,067 (18.6) | 3,253,174 (81.4) | <  0.01 | 396,202 (10.6) | 3,339,972 (89.4) | <  0.01 |
Incheon & Gyeonggi | 1,054,958 (19.9) | 4,252,994 (80.1) | 661,425 (12.7) | 4,544,040 (87.3) | |||
Daejeon & Chungcheong/ Gangwon | 544,751 (22.2) | 1,912,552 (77.8) | 302,217 (12.2) | 2,180,618 (87.8) | |||
Gwangjoo & Jeolla/ Jeju | 470,726 (22.3) | 1,635,504 (77.7) | 275,190 (13.5) | 1,760,897 (86.5) | |||
Busan, Daegu, Ulsan & Gyeongsang | 1,391,120 (28.6) | 3,477,089 (71.4) | 987,155 (21.4) | 3,631,009 (78.6) | |||
Health insurance | National Health Insurance (NHI) | 3,974,949 (22.0) | 14,088,971 (78.0) | <  0.01 | 2,543,768 (14.5) | 15,041,721 (85.5) | 0.14 |
Medicaid | 203,661 (35.2) | 375,146 (64.8) | 711,59 (19.9) | 286,956 (80.1) | |||
No & don’t know | 26,010 (27.9) | 67,195 (72.1) | 7262 (0.4) | 127,858 (94.6) | |||
Self-rated health | Very good/good | 875,945 (15.3) | 4,857,410 (84.7) | <  0.01 | 747,844 (10.7) | 6,214,591 (89.3) | <  0.01 |
Fair | 1,926,262 (21.3) | 7,106,279 (78.7) | 7,404,775 (14.1) | 1,219,802 (85.9) | |||
Poor/Very poor | 1,402,414 (35.3) | 2,567,624 (64.7) | 654,543 (26.3) | 1,837,170 (73.7) | |||