Table 1. Characteristics of Korean adolescents. Data are presented as n (%).
Characteristics Males
(n = 38,221)
Females
(n = 35,965)
Total
(n =74,186)
p value
School Grade Middle school 19,283 (50.5) 18,014 (50.1) 37,297 (50.3) .322
High school 18,938 (49.5) 17,951 (49.9) 36,889 (49.7)
Current smoking Nonsmoking 32,059 (83.9) 33,735 (93.8) 65,749 (88.8) <.001
Smoking 6,152 (16.1) 2,230 (6.2) 8,382 (11.2)
Current alcohol consumption Nondrinking 28,620 (74.9) 29,311 (81.5) 57,931 (78.2) <.001
Drinking 9,591 (25.1) 6,654 (18.5) 16,255 (21.8)
Grade point average High 4,547 (11.9) 3,373 (9.4) 7,920 (10.7) <.001
High middle 8,943 (23.4) 8,659 (24.1) 17,602 (23.7)
Middle 9,949 (26.0) 9,905 (27.5) 19,854 (26.8)
Low middle 9,481 (24.8) 9,460 (26.3) 18,941 (25.5)
Low 5,301 (13.9) 4,568 (12.7) 9,869 (13.3)
Family socio-economic status High 3,085 (8.1) 1,698 (4.7) 4,783 (6.4) <.001
High middle 9,498 (24.9) 8,001 (22.2) 17,499 (23.6)
Middle 17,185 (45.0) 17,699 (49.2) 4,884 (47.0)
Low middle 6,407 (16.8) 6,806 (18.9) 13,213 (17.8)
Low 2,046 (5.4) 1,761 (4.9) 3,807 (5.1)
Depression No 28,499 (74.6) 22,942 (63.8) 51,441 (69.3) <.001
Yes 9,722 (25.4) 13,023 (36.2) 22,745 (30.7)
Stress Very much 3,478 (9.1) 5,325 (14.8) 8,814 (11.9) <.001
Some what 9,853 (25.8) 12,699 (35.3) 22,552 (30.4)
Moderate 16,638 (43.5) 13,764 (38.3) 30,402 (41.0)
Very little 6,768 (17.7) 3,723 (10.4) 10,491 (14.1)
Not at all 1,475 (3.9) 452 (1.3) 1,927 (2.6)
Self-rated health Very good 9,617 (25.2) 4,909 (13.6) 14,526 (19.6) <.001
Good 18,384 (48.1) 17,251 (48.0) 35,635 (48.0)
Fair 8,119 (21.2) 10,640 (29.6) 18,759 (25.3)
Poor 1,952 (5.1) 3,031 (8.4) 4,983 (6.7)
Very poor 149 (0.4) 134 (0.4) 283 (0.4)