Table 1 Demographic characteristics of respondents
Residence | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Miyagi (n = 172) | Fukushima (n = 173) | Tokyo (n = 171) | Aichi (n = 173) | Hiroshima (n = 171) | Nagasaki (n = 170) | Total (n = 1030) | Test | ||
Sex | Male | 89(51.7%) | 107(61.8%) | 93(54.4%) | 94(54.3%) | 90(52.6%) | 75(44.1%) | 548(53.2%) | * |
Female | 83(48.3%) | 66(38.2%) | 78(45.6%) | 79(45.7%) | 81(47.4%) | 95(55.9%) | 482(46.8%) | ||
Age (years) | 20–29 | 13(7.6%) | 7(4.0%) | 20(11.7%) | 17(9.8%) | 20(11.7%) | 9(5.3%) | 86(8.3%) | n.s. |
30–39 | 38(22.1%) | 38(22.0%) | 27(15.8%) | 38(22.0%) | 41(24.0%) | 31(18.2%) | 213(20.7%) | ||
40–49 | 57(33.1%) | 58(33.5%) | 48(28.1%) | 60(34.7%) | 52(30.4%) | 55(32.4%) | 330(32.0%) | ||
50–59 | 42(24.4%) | 42(24.3%) | 50(29.2%) | 40(23.1%) | 35(20.5%) | 46(27.1%) | 255(24.8%) | ||
60–69 | 18(10.5%) | 19(11.0%) | 18(10.5%) | 13(7.5%) | 18(10.5%) | 25(14.7%) | 111(10.8%) | ||
≥ 70 | 4(2.3%) | 9(5.2%) | 8(4.7%) | 5(2.9%) | 5(2.9%) | 4(2.4%) | 35(3.4%) | ||
Education level | Junior high school | 4(2.3%) | 6(3.5%) | 0(0.0%) | 6(3.5%) | 1(0.6%) | 4(2.4%) | 21(2.0%) | ** |
High school | 63(36.6%) | 58(33.5%) | 31(18.1%) | 52(30.1%) | 42(24.6%) | 64(37.6%) | 310(30.1%) | ||
College/vocational school | 31(18.0%) | 42(24.3%) | 35(20.5%) | 32(18.5%) | 33(19.3%) | 45(26.5%) | 218(21.2%) | ||
University | 65(37.8%) | 61(35.3%) | 98(57.3%) | 75(43.4%) | 82(48.0%) | 50(29.4%) | 431(41.8%) | ||
Graduate school | 9(5.2%) | 6(3.5%) | 7(4.1%) | 8(4.6%) | 13(7.6%) | 7(4.1%) | 50(4.9%) | ||
Income (JPY) | Less than 2,000,000 | 21(12.2%) | 32(18.5%) | 13(7.6%) | 16(9.2%) | 21(12.3%) | 20(11.8%) | 123(11.9%) | ** |
2,000,000–4000,000 | 48(27.9%) | 39(22.5%) | 36(21.1%) | 40(23.1%) | 48(28.1%) | 62(36.5%) | 273(26.5%) | ||
4000,000–6000,000 | 44(25.6%) | 44(25.4%) | 45(26.3%) | 51(29.5%) | 49(28.7%) | 49(28.8%) | 282(27.4%) | ||
6000,000–8,000,000 | 41(23.8%) | 32(18.5%) | 33(19.3%) | 30(17.3%) | 31(18.1%) | 19(11.2%) | 186(18.1%) | ||
≥ 8,000,000 | 18(10.5%) | 26(15.0%) | 44(25.7%) | 36(20.8%) | 22(12.9%) | 20(11.8%) | 166(16.1%) | ||