Table 1
General characteristics of the study population (n=1,000)

Variable Number (%)
Current pregnancy status Pregnant133 (13.3)
Non-pregnant867 (86.7)
Previous birth experience Yes800 (80.0)
No200 (20.0)
Age group (yr) 25–29 121 (12.1)
30–35 396 (39.6)
36–39 483 (48.3)
Educational level Graduated middle school2 (0.2)
Graduated high school177 (17.7)
Current college student/graduated college735 (73.5)
Postgraduate level86 (8.6)
Monthly income level (million Korean won) <267 (6.7)
2–3274 (27.4)
3–4260 (26.0)
4–5227 (22.7)
5–688 (8.8)
>684 (8.4)
Occupational status Employed Management/executive position 1 (0.1)
Officer 352 (35.2)
Skilled worker 24 (2.4)
Sales worker 17 (1.7)
Self-employed 21 (2.1)
Profession 40 (4.0)
Not-employed Student 5 (0.5)
Housewife 532 (53.2)
No occupation 1 (0.1)
Others 6 (0.6)
Not known 1 (0.1)
Regional group Seoul metropolitan area Seoul 238 (23.8)
Incheon 56 (5.6)
Gyeonggi 251 (25.1)
Gangwon 25 (2.5)
Busan/Ulsan Busan 67 (6.7)
Ulsan 21 (2.1)
Gyeongsang Province Gyeongnam/Gyeongbuk 106 (10.6)
Daegu 48 (4.8)
Jeolla Province Jeonnam/Jeonbuk 54 (5.4)
Gwangju 30 (3.0)
Chungcheong Province Chungnam/Chungbuk 65 (6.5)
Daejeon 31 (3.1)
Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Jeju 8 (0.8)