Table 1 Respondents’ characteristics
N = 11,019 | n | % |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
20–29 | 1915 | 17.4 |
30–39 | 2009 | 18.2 |
40–49 | 2568 | 23.3 |
50–59 | 2430 | 22.1 |
60–69 | 2097 | 19.0 |
Average age | ||
45.3 | ||
Sex | ||
Male | 5746 | 52.1 |
Female | 5236 | 47.5 |
Others | 37 | 0.3 |
Occupation | ||
Full-time employee | 4905 | 44.5 |
Part-time employee | 1977 | 17.9 |
Independent business owner | 714 | 6.5 |
Student, housekeeper, unemployment | 3423 | 31.1 |
Education | ||
Junior high school | 212 | 1.9 |
Senior high school | 3438 | 31.2 |
Technical school | 1071 | 9.7 |
College | 1352 | 12.3 |
University | 4085 | 37.1 |
Graduate school | 458 | 4.2 |
N/A | 403 | 3.7 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 5804 | 52.7 |
Not married | 5215 | 47.3 |
Children whom I live with | ||
No | 7628 | 69.2 |
Yes | 3391 | 30.8 |
Household income | ||
< $200,000,000 | 1066 | 9.7 |
$200,000,000–$299,999,999 | 1003 | 9.1 |
$300,000,000–$399,999,999 | 1097 | 10.0 |
$400,000,000–$499,999,999 | 1090 | 9.9 |
$500,000,000–$599,999,999 | 984 | 8.9 |
$600,000,000–$699,999,999 | 639 | 5.8 |
$700,000,000–$799,999,999 | 604 | 5.5 |
$800,000,000–$899,999,999 | 386 | 3.5 |
$900,000,000–$999,999,999 | 416 | 3.8 |
≥ $1,000,000,000 | 774 | 7.0 |
I do not know/I do not want to answer | 2960 | 26.9 |
Current health condition | ||
Going to the hospital now | 3979 | 36.1 |
Went to the hospital during the past 3 months | 1011 | 9.2 |
Went to the hospital during the past 6 months | 488 | 4.4 |
Went to the hospital last year | 650 | 5.9 |
Did not go to the hospital last year | 4891 | 44.4 |
I and/or the people around me experienced a rare disease | ||
Yes | 1087 | 9.9 |
No | 9075 | 82.4 |
I do not want to answer | 857 | 7.8 |
Source of information on healthcare and medical science | ||
Television | 8271 | 75.1 |
Internet other than SNS | 6713 | 60.9 |
Newspapers | 2997 | 27.2 |
Word-of-mouth communication | 2588 | 23.5 |
SNS (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok) | 2059 | 18.7 |
Magazines | 1422 | 12.9 |
Radio | 1159 | 10.5 |
Newsletter, free news magazine | 527 | 4.8 |
Scientific articles | 325 | 2.9 |
N/A | 999 | 9.1 |
Interests in topics of healthcare and medical science | ||
I am interested in the topics | 1853 | 16.8 |
I tend to be interested in the topics | 6712 | 60.9 |
I tend not to be interested in the topics | 1992 | 18.1 |
I am not interested in the topics | 462 | 4.2 |
Assessment of the progress of healthcare and medical science | ||
There are more positives | 2127 | 19.3 |
Somewhere more positives | 4784 | 43.4 |
Both are the same | 3606 | 32.7 |
Somewhere more negatives | 341 | 3.1 |
There are more negatives | 161 | 1.5 |