Table 2

Participants’ characteristics in different groups from LCA

VariablesTotalGroup 1Group 2Group 3Group 4P value
N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)
Gender<0.001
 Male952 (47.4)374 (51.0)296 (52.7)190 (36.3)92 (48.2)
 Female1057 (52.6)360 (49.0)266 (47.3)333 (63.7)99 (51.8)
Age<0.001
 0–19435 (21.9)179 (24.6)28 (5.1)205 (39.7)23 (12.0)
 20–29278 (14.0)121 (16.6)99 (17.9)28 (5.4)31 (16.1)
 30–39334 (16.8)124 (17.1)97 (17.5)61 (11.8)52 (26.9)
 40–49288 (14.5)109 (15.0)96 (17.3)54 (10.5)29 (15.0)
 50–59286 (14.4)88 (12.1)110 (19.9)62 (12.0)27 (14.0)
 >60364 (18.3)106 (14.6)123 (22.2)106 (20.5)29 (15.2)
Education<0.001
 Illiterate326 (16.3)125 (17.1)10 (1.8)169 (32.5)22 (11.5)
 Primary school212 (10.6)63 (8.6)57 (10.2)74 (14.2)19 (9.9)
 Junior high228 (11.4)91 (12.5)61 (10.9)65 (12.5)11 (5.7)
 Senior high409 (20.5)139 (19.0)132 (23.7)93 (17.9)44 (22.9)
 College705 (35.3)258 (35.3)260 (46.6)108 (20.8)80 (41.7)
 Graduate school118 (5.9)54 (7.4)38 (6.8)11 (2.1)16 (8.3)
Monthly income0.001
 No46 (3.2)19 (3.6)12 (2.9)13 (3.8)3 (2.3)
 <15 00071 (5.0)29 (5.5)19 (4.5)17 (5.0)6 (4.7)
 15 000–30 000141 (9.9)43 (8.1)43 (10.2)39 (11.4)15 (11.6)
 30 000–45 000213 (14.9)64 (12.0)59 (14.0)66 (19.2)23 (17.8)
 45 000–60 000283 (19.9)105 (19.7)78 (18.5)76 (22.2)24 (18.6)
 60 000–75 000164 (11.5)73 (13.7)45 (10.7)42 (12.2)4 (3.1)
 75 000–90 000142 (10.0)49 (9.2)55 (13.1)26 (7.6)13 (10.1)
 90 000–125 000215 (15.1)100 (18.8)53 (12.6)33 (9.6)28 (21.7)
 >125 000152 (10.6)50 (9.4)57 (13.5)31 (9.0)13 (10.1)
Marriage<0.001
 Single867 (43.3)339 (46.5)181 (32.4)266 (51.0)81 (42.4)
 Married1032 (51.6)350 (48.0)350 (62.6)230 (44.1)102 (53.4)
 Others*102 (5.1)40 (5.5)28 (5.0)25 (4.8)8 (4.2)
Living conditions0.319
 One70 (3.5)28 (3.8)24 (4.3)12 (2.3)6 (3.2)
 With others1938 (96.5)706 (96.2)538 (95.7)510 (97.7)184 (96.8)
Chronic disease0.001
 No1449 (72.5)553 (75.4)368 (66.3)388 (74.9)139 (73.2)
 Yes548 (27.5)180 (24.6)187 (33.7)130 (25.1)51 (26.8)
Catastrophic illness0.166
 No1923 (96.3)709 (97.3)540 (96.6)493 (95.0)181 (95.3)
 Yes74 (3.7)20 (2.7)19 (3.4)26 (5.0)9 (4.7)
Health status<0.001
 Very well70 (3.5)29 (3.9)17 (3.0)21 (4.0)3 (1.6)
 Well415 (20.7)172 (23.4)86 (15.3)124 (23.8)34 (17.8)
 Good792 (39.4)316 (43.0)215 (38.2)199 (38.1)63 (33.0)
 Natural439 (21.8)132 (18.0)157 (27.9)107 (20.5)43 (22.5)
 Low270 (13.5)84 (11.4)78 (13.9)64 (12.3)44 (23.0)
 Very low22 (1.1)2 (0.3)10 (1.8)7 (1.3)4 (2.1)
  • *Divorced and widowed.

  • LCA, latent class analysis.