Personal health-related and mental characteristics between two household types
| Characteristics | Category | Living alone | Living with one or more persons | Total | χ2 | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body shape | Either skinny or more | 1,639 (20.5) | 415 (17.3) | 578 (18.1) | 4.458 | 0.108 |
| Normal | 332 (41.8) | 1,069 (44.7) | 1,401 (44) | |||
| Either obese or more | 299 (37.7) | 908 (38) | 1,207 (37.9) | |||
| Weight change | No | 570 (71.8) | 1,805 (75.5) | 2,375 (74.5) | 4.412 | 0.11 |
| Weight loss | 131 (16.5) | 334 (14) | 465 (14.6) | |||
| Weight gain | 93 (11.7) | 253 (10.6) | 346 (10.9) | |||
| Weight control | Yes | 335 (42.2) | 1,193 (49.9) | 1,528 (48) | 14.099 | <0.001 |
| No | 459 (57.8) | 1,199 (50.1) | 1,658 (52) | |||
| Current smoking | Yes | 70 (8.8) | 209 (8.7) | 279 (8.8) | 0.005 | 0.946 |
| No | 724 (91.2) | 2,183 (91.3) | 2,907 (91.2) | |||
| Alcohol drinking | No | 475 (59.8) | 1,147 (48) | 1,622 (50.9) | 38.007 | <0.001 |
| 114 (14.4) | 364 (15.2) | 478 (15) | ||||
| ≥Once a month | 205 (25.8) | 881 (36.8) | 1,086 (34.1) | |||
| Heavy alcohol drinking | No | 690 (86.9) | 1,873 (78.3) | 2,563 (80.4) | 28.081 | <0.001 |
| 31 (3.9) | 162 (6.8) | 193 (6.1) | ||||
| ≥Once a month | 73 (9.2) | 357 (14.9) | 430 (13.5) | |||
| Usual feeling of stress | Much or more | 149 (18.8) | 447 (18.7) | 596 (18.7) | 32.616 | <0.001 |
| A little bit | 312 (39.3) | 1,190 (49.7) | 1,502 (47.1) | |||
| Rarely | 333 (41.9) | 755 (31.6) | 1,088 (34.1) | |||
| Feeling depressed | Yes | 59 (7.4) | 115 (4.8) | 174 (5.5) | 7.944 | <0.001 |
| No | 735 (92.6) | 2,277 (95.2) | 3,012 (94.5) | |||
| Suicidal thoughts | Yes | 25 (3.1) | 54 (2.3) | 79 (2.5) | 1.958 | 0.162 |
| No | 769 (96.9) | 2,338 (97.7) | 3,107 (97.5) |
Values are presented as number (%).
P-values were analyzed by cross tabulation analysis (χ2 test).