Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and health-risk behaviors of the total sample and subsample of childhood poverty
Socio-demographic characteristics | Proportion of childhood poverty | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Category | Subcategory | Total sample | Subsample of childhood poverty |
Sex | Men | 46.3 | 43.9 |
Women | 53.7 | 56.1 | |
Age (years) | M (SD) | 37.6 (7.22) | 38.7 (6.9) |
25–29 years | 18.4 | 14.1 | |
30–39 | 21.8 | 21.3 | |
40–50 | 20.9 | 24.1 | |
Marital status | Married | 70.8 | 73.6 |
Unmarried/separated | 29.2 | 26.4 | |
Education | College or higher | 43.7 | 28.4 |
Junior college | 12.3 | 11.3 | |
High school or lower | 44.0 | 60.3 | |
Occupation | Regular employment | 51.6 | 48.8 |
Non-regular employment | 24.0 | 26.0 | |
Self-employed | 5.7 | 6.3 | |
Unemployed | 1.9 | 2.0 | |
Homemaker/other | 16.8 | 16.9 | |
Social support | High | 31.4 | 32.1 |
Middle | 32.3 | 31.5 | |
Low | 35.1 | 36.8 | |
Smoking | 23.7 | 27.2 | |
Lack of exercise | Seldom | 41.7 | 47.2 |
Less than once per month | 61.2 | 64.3 | |
Less than 1–2 days per week | 81.2 | 81.6 | |
Poor dietary habits | 23.5 | 24.7 | |
Excessive drinking | 8.8 | 9.1 | |
Number of observations | 3836 | 1279 | |