Table 1

Characteristics of young Korean females (aged 15–39)

 Age groups
15–2930–39Total
N (%)
(mean)
Weighted no (SE)N (%)
(mean)
Weighted
no (SE)
N (%)
(mean)
Weighted no (SE)
Age(22.3)(0.1)(34.6)(0.1)(27.8)(0.2)
 15–2917372 660 0081737 (46.5%)2 660 008
 30–3919972 142 7471997 (53.5%)2 142 747
Menarche age(13.6)(0.3)(13.7)(0.1)(13.6)(0.1)
Body mass index (kg/m2)(21.4)(0.1)(22.6)(0.1)(21.9)(0.1)
Education levels
 <660 (3.5%)78 81110 (0.5%)17 92570 (2.0%)96 736
 6–9367 (21.7%)571 86825 (1.3%)38 998392 (10.7%)610 866
 10–12643 (37.9%)1 029 906766 (39.2%)884 0531409 (38.6%)1 913 959
 >12625 (36.9%)912 6571152 (59.0%)1 137 6061777 (48.7%)2 050 263
Total household income
 1Q (lowest)172 (10.0%)314 580103 (5.2%)143 533275 (7.5%)458 113
 2Q434 (25.4%)719 372558 (28.3%)647 924992 (26.9%)1 367 296
 3Q528 (30.8%)780 705748 (37.9%)780 0361276 (34.6%)1 560 740
 4Q (highest)579 (33.8%)801 415564 (28.6%)540 2231143 (31.0%)1 341 638
Smoking status
 Never smoker1453 (83.6%)2 180 3331669 (83.6%)1 732 6373122 (83.6%)3 912 970
 Ex-smoker116 (6.7%)192 018168 (8.4%)196 330284 (7.6%)388 347
 Current-smoker168 (9.7%)287 657160 (8.0%)213 781328 (8.8%)501 438
Alcohol consumption (per month)
 1 or less975 (56.1%)1 466 1941059 (53.0%)1 111 7712034 (54.5%)2 577 965
 1 or more762 (43.9%)1 193 814938 (47.0%)1 030 9761700 (45.5%)2 224 790
Current job
 No980 (56.4%)1 489 0811096 (54.9%)1 161 9812076 (55.6%)2 651 062
 Yes757 (43.6%)1 170 927901 (45.1%)980 7661658 (44.4%)2 151 693
Cervical screening
 No1471 (84.7%)2 256 700533 (26.7%)649 5452004 (53.7%)2 906 245
 Yes266 (15.3%)403 3081464 (73.3%)1 493 2021730 (46.3%)1 896 511
Total1737 (100.0%)2 660 0081997 (100.0%)2 142 7473734 (100.0%)4 802 755