Table 1 Characteristics of study sample
From: Record linkage research and informed consent: who consents?
Characteristics | Informed consent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Yes (n = 12911) | No (n = 1700) | ||
| Â | No. | (%) | No. | (%) |
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   20–24 | 1605 | (90.7) | 164 | (9.3) |
   25–34 | 2974 | (91.1) | 289 | (8.9) |
   35–44 | 3071 | (89.4) | 365 | (10.6) |
   45–54 | 2443 | (87.8) | 339 | (12.2) |
   55–64 | 1366 | (85.1) | 240 | (14.9) |
   65–74 | 1010 | (83.2) | 204 | (16.8) |
   >=75 | 442 | (81.7) | 99 | (18.3) |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Male | 6397 | (88.9) | 798 | (11.1) |
   Female | 6514 | (87.8) | 902 | (12.2) |
Marital Status | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Other | 3065 | (90.9) | 307 | (9.1) |
   Married | 9846 | (87.6) | 1393 | (12.4) |
Ethnicity | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Fujianese | 9870 | (88.0) | 1350 | (12.0) |
   Hakka | 1207 | (89.5) | 141 | (10.5) |
   Indigenous people | 347 | (96.9) | 11 | (3.1) |
   Others | 1487 | (88.2) | 198 | (11.8) |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   College and above | 3403 | (90.1) | 373 | (9.9) |
   Senior high school | 3920 | (89.8) | 446 | (10.2) |
   Junior high school | 2033 | (89.7) | 233 | (10.3) |
   Elementary school | 2560 | (87.0) | 382 | (13.0) |
   Illiterate | 995 | (78.9) | 266 | (21.1) |
Household Income | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   ≥NT$100,000 | 2309 | (90.1) | 255 | (9.9) |
   NT$70,000-NT$99,999 | 2462 | (89.1) | 302 | (10.9) |
   NT$50,000-NT$69,999 | 2795 | (89.1) | 341 | (10.9) |
   NT$30,000-NT$49,999 | 2911 | (88.6) | 376 | (11.4) |
   <NT$30,000 | 2434 | (85.1) | 426 | (14.9) |
Urbanization | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Urban area | 7271 | (89.6) | 847 | (10.4) |
   Suburban area | 2398 | (84.9) | 426 | (15.1) |
   Rural area | 3242 | (88.4) | 427 | (11.6) |
SF-36 Health Status Measures | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) |
   Physical functioning | 91.6 | (16.5) | 88.4 | (20.2) |
   Role-physical | 83.0 | (33.9) | 78.1 | (38.0) |
   Role-emotional | 79.8 | (36.0) | 77.2 | (38.0) |
   Social functioning | 86.7 | (17.2) | 84.9 | (18.6) |
   Bodily pain | 81.6 | (21.1) | 79.6 | (22.8) |
   Vitality | 67.8 | (18.6) | 64.1 | (20.0) |
   Mental health | 73.1 | (16.7) | 71.4 | (17.2) |
   General health | 72.6 | (19.1) | 70.3 | (19.7) |