Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study subjects according to gender
From: Difference in health status of Korean farmers according to gender
Variables | Male | Female | p-value* |
|---|---|---|---|
n (%) or Mean ± SD | n (%) or Mean ± SD | ||
Demographic variables | Â | Â | Â |
 Age (years)a | 62.7 ± 9.21 | 60.9 ± 9.67 | 0.048 |
 Work duration (years)a | 29.2 ± 18.5 | 29.1 ± 16.8 | 0.950 |
Main cropsb | Â | Â | 0.952 |
 Grains | 34 (16.7) | 42 (18.1) |  |
 Vegetables | 54 (26.5) | 65 (28.0) |  |
 Fruits | 106 (52.0) | 115 (49.6) |  |
 Livestock | 8 (3.9) | 7 (3.0) |  |
 Other | 2 (1.0) | 3 (1.3) |  |
Spouseb | Â | Â | 0.002 |
 No | 18 (8.8) | 44 (19.0) |  |
 Yes | 186 (91.2) | 187 (81.0) |  |
Presence of family members other than the spouseb | Â | Â | 0.903 |
 No | 66 (32.4) | 76 (32.9) |  |
 Yes | 138 (67.6) | 155 (67.1) |  |
Income (million KRW)b | Â | Â | 0.133 |
  < 10 | 60 (32.8) | 89 (41.8) |  |
 10–24 | 38 (20.8) | 47 (22.1) |  |
 25–49 | 64 (35.0) | 53 (24.9) |  |
  ≥ 50 | 21 (11.5) | 24 (11.3) |  |
Housework time (hours/day)b | Â | Â | 0.000 |
 0 | 100 (49.0) | 3 (1.3) |  |
  < 2 | 76 (37.3) | 85 (36.6) |  |
  ≥ 2 | 28 (13.7) | 144 (62.1) |  |
Health-related behaviorsb | Â | Â | Â |
 Alcohol drinking |  |  | 0.000 |
  Nondrinker | 78 (38.2) | 188 (81.0) |  |
  1/week | 34 (16.7) | 30 (12.9) |  |
  More than 2/week | 92 (45.1) | 14 (6.0) |  |
 Smoking |  |  | 0.000 |
  Nonsmoker | 74 (36.3) | 225 (97.4) |  |
  Ex-smoker | 65 (31.9) | 4 (1.7) |  |
  Current smoker | 65 (31.9) | 2 (0.9) |  |
 Exercise |  |  | 0.124 |
  No | 110 (53.9) | 142 (61.2) |  |
  Yes | 94 (46.1) | 90 (38.8) |  |