Table 1

General Characteristics and Health Behaviors Practice Rate of Research Subjects (N=381)

^†Excluded 2 no respondents and 17 non-wage labor respondents below 18 hours per week.

Table 2

Differences of Health Behaviors Practice Rate by General Characteristics

Elem. school=Elementary school; SD=strongly disagree.

^†Excluded 2 no respondents and 17 non-wage labor respondents below 18 hours per week.

Table 3

Factors Affecting Health Behaviors Practice using Logistic Regression Analysis

OR=odds ratio; CI=confidence interval; Elem. school=Elementary school.

^†Excluded 2 no respondents and 17 non-wage labor respondents below 18 hours per week.

Table 4

Frequencies and Percentage of Work Type and Marital Status by Gender (N=381)

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