Table 1

Basic characteristics of subjects 

CharacteristicsTotal"Continuously-Employed""Employed-Unemployed" P values
Participants, n (%)193 (100.0)145 (75.1)48 (24.9)
Age, n (%)0.000***
 <65 years118 (61.1)101 (69.7)17 (35.4)
 ≥65 years75 (38.9)44 (30.3)31 (64.6)
Sex, n (%)0.001**
 Male163 (84.5)130 (89.7)33 (68.8)
 Female30 (15.5)15 (10.3)15 (31.2)
Education, n (%)0.303
 None13 (6.7)8 (5.5)5 (10.4)
 Primary education20 (10.4)12 (8.3)8 (16.7)
 Middle school education31 (16.1)23 (15.9)8 (16.7)
 High school education69 (35.8)55 (37.9)14 (29.2)
 University education60 (31.1)47 (32.4)13 (27.1)
Marital status, n (%)0.002*
 Married178 (92.2)136 (93.8)42 (87.5)
 Widowed or divorced12 (6.2)6 (4.2)6 (12.5)
 Never married3 (1.6)3 (2.1)0 (0.0)
 Religion, n (%)0.516
None89 (46.1)67 (46.2)22 (45.8)
 Buddhism48 (24.9)33 (22.8)15 (31.2)
 Christianity47 (24.4)37 (25.5)10 (20.8)
 Catholic9 (4.4)8 (5.5)1 (2.1)
Smoking, n (%)0.991
 Yes14 (7.3)10 (6.9)4 (8.3)
 No179 (92.7)135 (93.1)44 (91.7)
Alcohol consumption, n (%)0.934
 Yes39 (20.2)30 (20.7)9 (18.8)
 No154 (79.8)115 (79.3)39 (81.2)
  • *p<0.01, **p<0.001, ***p<0.0001 when compared with the "Employed-Unemployed" group.