Brief Article
Copyright ©2013 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Jun 14, 2013; 19(22): 3459-3465
Published online Jun 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i22.3459
Table 1 Participants’ demographics (n = 400) n (%)
Participants’ demographicsValue
Gender
Female174 (43.5)
Male226 (56.5)
Marital status
Married353 (88.3)
Single27 (6.8)
Widowed10 (2.5)
Divorced/separated9 (2.3)
Educational level
Illiterate41 (10.3)
Elementary school109 (27.3)
Junior high school73 (18.3)
High school104 (26)
College/university62 (15.5)
Graduate school11 (2.8)
Occupation
Laborers82 (20.5)
Businessmen61 (15.3)
Farmers36 (9.0)
Fishermen9 (2.3)
Military personnel2 (0.5)
Government employees19 (4.8)
Homemakers78 (19.5)
Others113 (28.3)
Household income (NT dollars/mo)
Below 10000101 (25.3)
10000-2000063 (15.8)
21000-3000078 (19.5)
31000-4000047 (11.8)
41000-5000035 (8.8)
Above 5000076 (19.0)