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Table 1 Demographic information of participants before and after 1:1 greedy propensity score matching

From: Association between divorce and access to healthcare services among married immigrants: propensity score approaches

Variables

Before matching (N = 11,778)

After matching (N = 1364)

No divorce

(n = 11,087)

Yes divorce

(n = 691)

p

No divorce

(n = 682)

Yes divorce

(n = 682)

p

Age a (years)

39.12 (10.50)

45.14 (10.93)

0.1367

45.39 (12.77)

45.09 (10.89)

0.6369

Sex

  

0.0981

  

0.4649

 Male

1992 (17.97)

107 (15.48)

 

117(17.16)

107 (15.69)

 

 Female

9095 (82.03)

584 (84.52)

 

564 (82.84)

575 (84.31)

 

Currently employed (Yes)

6733 (60.73)

535 (77.42)

<.0001*

525 (76.98)

526 (77.13)

0.9487

Educational attainment

  

0.0346*

  

0.8556

 Less than Elementary school

9693 (87.43)

623 (90.16)

 

616 (90.32)

614 (90.03)

 

 Above Middle school

1394 (12.57)

68 (9.84)

 

66 (9.68)

68 (9.97)

 

Residential area

  

<.0001*

  

0.8497

 Urban

7078 (63.84)

527 (76.27)

 

515 (75.51)

518 (75.95)

 

 Suburban

4009 (36.16)

164 (23.73)

 

167 (24.49)

164 (24.05)

 

Household income (₩)

  

<.0001*

  

0.7500

 < 1,000,000

347 (3.13)

164 (23.73)

 

152 (22.29)

155 (22.73)

 

 1,000,000–3,000,000

4292 (38.71)

455 (65.85)

 

465 (68.18)

455 (66.72)

 

 3,000,000–5,000,000

4647 (41.91)

62 (8.97)

 

59 (8.65)

62 (9.09)

 

 > 5,000,000

1801 (16.24)

10 (1.45)

 

6 (0.88)

10 (1.47)

 

Difficulties in living in Korea (Count)

 

0.0017*

  

0.6510

 1

5471 (49.35)

305 (44.14)

 

319 (46.77)

302 (44.28)

 

 2

2922 (26.36)

224 (32.42)

 

211 (30.94)

220 (32.26)

 

 3

2694 (24.30)

162 (23.44)

 

152 (22.29)

160 (23.46)

 

Participation activities (Yes)

 Parents

1645 (14.84)

53 (7.67)

<.0001*

61 (8.94)

53 (7.77)

0.7277

 Friends

6621 (59.72)

336 (48.63)

<.0001*

339 (49.71)

335 (49.12)

0.8285

 Community

1408 (12.70)

37 (5.35)

<.0001*

37 (5.43)

37 (5.43)

1.0000

 Religion

2698 (24.33)

127 (18.38)

0.0004*

146 (21.41)

125 (18.33)

0.1541

 Civic groups

701 (6.32)

21 (3.04)

0.0005*

17 (2.49)

20 (2.93)

0.6171

Experiences of social discrimination (Yes)

3513 (31.69)

208 (30.10)

0.3847

200 (29.33)

208 (30.50)

0.6362

Self-rated health

  

<.0001*

  

0.5191

 Very Good

3139 (28.31)

101 (14.62)

 

103 (15.10)

101 (14.81)

 

 Good

5206 (46.96)

246 (35.60)

 

262 (38.42)

245 (35.92)

 

 Neutral

2121 (19.13)

174 (25.18)

 

182 (26.69)

174 (25.51)

 

 Poor

555 (5.01)

142 (20.55)

 

111 (3.52)

134 (19.65)

 

 Very Poor

66 (0.60)

28 (4.05)

 

24 (3.52)

28 (4.11)

 

Sadness or despair (Yes)

2867 (25.86)

331 (47.90)

<.0001*

316 (46.33)

324 (47.51)

0.6643

Socioeconomic status

  

<.0001*

  

0.8288

 High

706 (6.37)

13 (1.88)

 

14 (2.05)

13 (1.91)

 

 Middle

7594 (68.49)

204 (29.52)

 

193 (28.30)

203 (29.77)

 

 Low

2787 (25.14)

474 (68.60)

 

475 (69.65)

466 (68.33)

 

Life satisfaction

  

<.0001*

  

0.7548

 Very Good

3248 (29.30)

50 (7.24)

 

49 (7.18)

50 (7.33)

 

 Good

4065 (36.66)

165 (23.88)

 

165 (24.19)

164 (24.05)

 

 Neutral

3092 (27.89)

294 (42.55)

 

307 (45.01)

290 (42.52)

 

 Poor

615 (5.55)

160 (23.15)

 

146 (21.41)

157 (23.02)

 

 Very Poor

67 (0.60)

22 (3.18)

 

15 (2.20)

21 (3.08)

 

Government support (Yes)

319 (2.88)

87 (12.59)

<.0001*

93 (13.64)

85 (12.46)

0.5202

Frequency of social services experience a

1.86 (2.04)

1.27 (1.72)

<.0001*

1.24 (1.70)

1.28 (1.72)

0.8118

  1. Values are presented as mean (standard deviation) or numbers (%)
  2. a Mean (standard deviation)
  3. *p < 0.05