2013 annual survey on kaist graduate students' lifestyle

2013 Annual Survey on KAIST Graduate Students’ Life Style

KAIST Graduate Students Association

Life Style Laboratory

Survey Introduction

Purpose : To understand KAIST Graduate Students' lifestyle which would result in building tremendous ideas to upgrade quality of life

Target : KAIST Graduate Students

Method : Google Forms

Period : 2013.10.14 ~ 2013.10. 30.

No. of Responses : 903

Performed by : KAIST Graduate Students Association Life Style Laboratory

Table of Contents

1- Participants

2- Housing / Sleeping

3- Dietary Life

4- Other Questions

5- Comments

1- PARTICIPANTS

Statistics upon participants’ sex, age, departments, etc.

1- Participants 2- Housing / Sleeping 3- Dietary Life 4- Other Questions 5- Comments

1-1 Sex (Biological Sex)

Male

74%

Female

26%

Total

Male

76%

Female

24%

Doctoral

Male

71%

Female

29%

Master’s


1-2 Age

* Doctoral: avg. 27.9±3.6 years * Master’s: avg. 25.0±3.1 years

* Average age: 26.5±3.7 years old

0

50

100

150

200

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 42 43 45 47 48

Total

0

50

100

150

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 42 43 45 47 48

Doctoral / Master’s

Doctoral

Master's


1-3 Nationality

Korean

89%

Int’l

11%

Total

Korean

86%

Int’l

14%

Master’s

Korean

91%

Int’l

9%

Doctoral


1-4 Departments

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20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

Ele

ctrica

l Engin

eering

Com

pute

r Sci

ence

Mech

anic

al Engin

eering

Mate

rial Sci

ence

& E

ngin

eering

Bio

logic

al Sci

ence

Chem

ical &

Bio

mole

cula

r Engin

eering

Phys

ics

Nucl

ear &

Quantu

m E

ngin

eering

Bio

& B

rain

Engin

eering

Chem

istry

Aero

space

Engin

eering

Civ

il &

Envi

ronm

enta

l Engin

eering

Indust

rial &

Sys

tem

s Engin

eering

Culture

Tech

nolo

gy

Oce

an S

yst

em

s Engin

eering

Energ

y, Envi

ronm

ent, W

ate

r &

…

Nanosc

ience

& T

ech

nolo

gy

Know

ledge S

erv

ice E

ngin

eering

Managem

ent Sci

ence

Indust

rial D

esign

Math

em

atica

l Sci

ence

Medic

al Sci

ence

& E

ngin

eering

Bio

medic

al Sci

ence

& E

ngin

eering

The R

obotics

The C

ho C

hun S

hik

Gra

duate

Sch

ool For…

Innova

tion a

nd T

ech

nolo

gy

Managem

ent

Web S

cience

Tech

no-M

BA

Fin

ance

MBA

Info

rmation S

ecu

rity

Gre

en P

olic

y Glo

bal Exp

ert

Soci

al Entr

epre

neurs

hip

MBA

Glo

bal IT

Tech

nolo

gy

Managem

ent Engin

eering

Sci

ence

& T

ech

nolo

gy

Polic

y

Info

& M

edia

MBA

Info

rmation &

Com

munic

ations…

Futu

re v

ehic

le

Fin

ance

Engin

eering

Pro

fess

ional M

BA

Envi

ronm

enta

l &

Energ

y Tech

nolo

gy

Space

Exp

lora

tion E

ngin

eering

Exe

cutive

MBA


1-5 Years

Ph.D 1st

12%

Ph.D 2nd

14%

Ph.D 3rd

10%

Ph.D 4th

9% Ph.D 5th

or above

5%

MS 1st

33%

MS 2nd

17%

MS 3rd or

above

0%


1-6 Total years stayed in KAIST (Including undergrads)

* Average: 4.0±2.8years

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13

Total


1-6 Total years stayed in KAIST (Categorized)

Undergraduate degree Course Average

From KAIST Doctoral 8.2±1.7 years

Master’s 5.3±1.0 years

Not from KAIST Doctoral 3.7±1.9 years

Master’s 1.3±0.6 years

0

50

100

150

200

250

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13

From KAIST Undergraduate course -

Now Doctoral

From KAIST Undergraduate course -

Now Master's

Not from KAIST Undergraduate

course - Now Doctoral

Not from KAIST Undergraduate

course - Now Master's


From

KAIST

31%

Not

from

KAIST

69%

Master’s

1-7 Did you get undergraduate degree from KAIST?

From

KAIST

34%

Not from

KAIST

66%

Total

From

KAIST

38%

Not

from

KAIST

62%

Doctoral

2- HOUSING / SLEEPING

Statistics regarding KAIST graduate students’ housing environment and sleeping condition.


2-1 Residence Type

Dormitory

79%

Outside

Campus

21%

Total

Dormito

ry 70%

Outside

Campus

30%

Doctoral

Dormito

ry 88%

Outside

Campus

12%

Master’s


2-2 Do you have any housemate?

Yes

78%

No

22%

Doctoral

Yes

88%

No

12%

Master’s

Yes

83%

No 17%

Total


2-3. Hours stayed at living place per day

Weekday average 8.58 ±2.53 hrs Weekend average 10.12 ±4.15 hrs


2-4. Sleeping

Sleeping avg. 6.50 hrs

Weekday avg. 6.45 ±1.36 hrs Weekend avg. 6.61 ±1.55 hrs

* Average South Korean sleeps 7hrs 8mins * 7-8hrs sleeping is recommended to adults

(2013.2, Korea Gallup Report)


2-5. When to go to sleep

0%

10%

20%

30%

18 20 22 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16

When to go to sleep

When

0

5

10

15

20

-5 0 5 10 15 20 25

Sle

epin

g h

ours

When to go to sleep

When to go to sleep vs. sleeping hours

* Usually night AM 02:04 is the time to go to sleep (stdev. ±0.52) * South Korean usually go to sleep at PM 11:38 (2013.2 Korea Gallup reported) * Tendency to sleep longer when sleep earlier


2-6. Sleeping disorders

No

72%

Yes

28%

Suffering sleeping disorder?

* Etc: Disturbed by noises(Roommates’ snoring, Alarm Clock, Constructions, etc), Snoozed, Irregular sleeping hours, …

Insomnia

73%

Nightmare

9%

Etc

18%

Types of sleeping disorders


2-7. Relationship between sleeping disorders & stress

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Stress point wo/ sleeping disorder

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Stress point w/ Sleeping disorder

Very high

* With sleeping disorder, avg. stress point is around 5.11±1.31 point

* Without sleeping disorder, avg. stress point is around 4.34±1.47 point

Very high Very low Very low

3- DIETARY LIFE

Statistics about KAIST graduate students’ dietary life.


3-1 The number of meals taken (the previous day)

3.88%

64.56%

30.56%

0.89% 0.11% 0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

1 2 3 4 5+


3-1 The number of meals taken (the previous day)

* Avg. no. of meals taken 2.29±0.56 times * Avg. no. of meals taken 2.34±0.54 times weekday * Avg. no. of meals taken 2.26±0.57 times weekend

4.87%

65.88%

28.34%

0.72% 0.18%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

1 2 3 4 5+

Weekend

2.29%

62.46%

34.10%

1.15% 0.00%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

1 2 3 4 5+

Weekday


3-2 The way to take the last meal

1.77%

4.21%

5.43%

36.77%

10.08%

41.75%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%

Homemade

Snackbar

Delivery

Restaurant outside campus

Cook by oneself

Restaurant inside campus


3-2 The way to take the last meal

• The percentage of international students who cook at home is higher than that of Koreans.

1.94%

2.91%

0.97%

32.04%

28.16%

33.98%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

Homemade

Snackbar

Delivery


Cook by oneself


International

1.75%

4.38%

6.00%

37.38%

7.75%

42.75%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%

Homemade

Snackbar

Delivery


Cook by oneself


Korean


3-3 Types of the last meal taken (except homemade)

1st Korean style rice meal

2nd Cafeteria

3rd Tonkasu

4th Friend Chicken

5th Hamburger

* Next: Topped style rice meal, Chinese style meal, Pizza / Pasta, Ramen, …


3-4 Price of the last meal taken

* students pay 5,711±3946.31 won per meal in avg. * Master’s students pay 5,730±3858.32 won per meal in avg. * Doctorate students pay 5,711±4035.49 won per meal in avg.

60.47%

32.78%

4.32% 2.44%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

≤ 5000 won ≤ 10000 won ≤ 15000 won 16000 won ≤


3-5. Whether on a diet or not

Not on it 76%

On it 24%

Total

Not

on it

77%

On it

23%

Doctorate

Not

on it

78%

On it

22%

Master’s

Not

on it

76%

On it

24%

Female

Not

on it

78%

On it

22%

Male

4- OTHER QUESTIONS

Statistics regarding KAIST graduate students’ exercise style, transportation, smoking, drinking, relationship, leisure, and stress level.


4-1 Exercise

Don’t do

28%

Do 72%

Total

Do

74%

Don’t

do

26%

Master’s

Do

69%

Don’t

do

31%

Doctorate

Don’t

do

22%

Do

78%

Male

Don’t

do

43%

Do

57%

Female


4-1 Popular Exercises (Including duplicates)

8

9

21

24

29

32

75

108

140

297

Table Tennis

Marathon

Badminton

Tennis

Basketball

Baseball

Swimming

Jogging

Soccer

Gymnastics

Male

8

19

20

21

22

57

배드민턴

요가

스트레칭

조깅

수영

헬스

Female


4-2 Transportation

None

41%

Bicycle

32%

Car

24%

Motorbi

ke

3%

Total None

35%

Bicycle

34%

Car 28%

Motorbike

3% Male

None 57% Bicycle28

%

Car

13%

Motorbike

2% Female

None

36%

Bicycle

26%

Car

36%

Motorbike

2% Doctorate

None

47% Bicycle

38%

Car

12%

Motorbike

3% Master’s


4-3 Smoking

Don’t

smoke

92%

Somke 8%

Total Smoke

8%

Don’t

smoke

92%

Master’s

Smoke

7%

Don’t

93%

Doctorate

Don’t

smoke

90%

Smoke

10%

Male

Don’t

smoke

98%

Smoke

2%

Female


4-4 Drinking (Alcohol)

With

someone

14%

Don’t

drink

29%

With

some

people

48%

By

oneself

9%

Total With

someo

ne

13% Don’t

drink

25% With

some

peopl

e

52%

By

onesel

f

10%

Male

With

someo

ne

18%

Don’t

drink

41%

With

some

peopl

e

36%

By

onesel

f

5%

Female

With

someo

ne

13% Don’t

dfrink

28%

With

some

peopl

e

51%

By

onesel

f

8%

Master’s

With

someo

ne

16%

Don’t

drink

31%

With

some

peopl

e

44%

By

onesel

f

9%

Doctorate


4-5 Getting engaged / Marriage

Married

10%

Single

41%

Getting

engage

d

49%

Total

Marrie

d 12%

Single

41%

Gettin

g

engag

ed

47%

Male Marrie

d

7%

Single

39%

Gettin

g

engag

ed

54%

Female


4-5 Getting engaged / Marriage

Marrie

d 4%

Single

45%

Getting

engage

d

51%

Master’s

Marrie

d

5%

Single

46%

Getting

engag

ed

49%

Male Marrie

d

2%

Single

43%

Getting

engag

ed

55%

Female


4-5 Get engaged / Marriage

Married

16%

Single

37%

Getting

engage

d

47%

Doctorate

Marrie

d

17%

Single

38%

Gettin

g

engag

ed

45%

Male Marrie

d

12%

솔로

35%

Gettin

g

engag

ed

53%

Female


4-5 Get engaged / Marriage (By nationality)

Married

10%

Single

38%

Getting

engaged

52%

Korean

Married

16%

Single

60%

Getting

engaged

24%

International


4-6 Leisure activities

Sleeping / Rest

Concert, Exhibition

Web surfing

Movies / Dramas

Games

Athletics

Hobbies

Reading books

ETC


4-6 Leisure activity (by sexuality)

Male Female

% % % % % % % % % % %

Sleeping / Rest

Concert, Exhibition

Games

Web surfing

Movies / Dramas

Athletics

Hobbies

ETC

Sleeping / Rest

Concert, Exhibition

Movies / Dramas

Web surfing

Hobbies

Athletics

Conversation

Reading Books

ETC


4-7 Stress Level

40%

30%

20%

10%

0%

* Average of KAIST Graduate Students’ Stress Level is 4.56±1.36 points, which is relatively high enough.

Very High Very Low


4-7 Stress Level (by Program / years)

4.34

4.68

4.47

4.32

4.71

4.59

4.98

MS1 MS2 PhD1 PhD2 PhD3 PhD4 PhD5+


4-7 Mental Stress Index (by sex)

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Male

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Female

Male average 4.48±1.48 point Female average 4.78±1.18 point

Highest Lowest Highest Lowest


4-8 How to get over mental stress

Yes

3%

No 97%

Are you Taking Consultation To Get Over

Stress?

5- COMMENTS

Gathered KAIST Graduate Students’ opinion regarding this survey.


Ideas to improve this annual survey (Item suggesiton)

• Smartphone usage

• Friendship (how many true friends to share emotions)

• Leisure method and hours

• No.of dates, places, and time

• SNS usage

• Healthcare supplement(Nutritional supplements) Usage

• Diagnosis upon mental healthcare – especially regarding stress and depression

• Political campus

• Happiness

• Working overnight frequency

• Clubs / Circles / Groups

• How frequently and by what method go back to home


Suggestions for LSL’s next program

• Movie / Play / Musical theatre

• New Graduate Students Friends / Blind date / Inter-lab communication program

• Date Consulting / Styling Consulting / Life Style Consulting / Counseling

• Lecture for a sound sleep / Invitation talk of celebrity

• Vegetable Market / Cooperative buying for healthcare stuffs, breakfast alternatives

• Wide variety of athletic program / Instrument teaching / Cooking class

• Map for delicious restaurants

• Outdoor Party

• Flea Market

• Program for familyhood

• Wedding Expo

• Game Competition (E-Sports, etc)

PRIZE WINNERS

Those who won for the prize which aimed to promote this survey.

Prize Winner

• Park, Gyu Cheol (Web Science)

• Hyerin Park (Computer Science)

• Sylvain Riondet (Electrical Engineering)

• Congrats~^^/

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