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Table 2 Dependent variable and independent variables

From: Household catastrophic medical expenses in eastern China: determinants and policy implications

Variable

Description

Dependent variable

1 if household incurred catastrophic medical expenses

 

0 otherwise

Independent variable

 

 Household level

 

  Household head’s residency status

1- rural, 0 - urban

  Household head’s ethnicity

1- han, 0 - other

 Household head’s education level

 

  Primary school or lower

Reference

  Middle school

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  High school

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  College or higher

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  Household head’s marriage status

 

  Unmarried

Reference

  Married

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  Divorced

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  Other

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  Household head’s social health insurance

 

  Uninsured

Reference

  Labor insurance

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  Urban residents insurance

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  New Cooperative Medical Scheme(NCMS)

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  Other social insurance

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  Household head’s private health insurance

1 if yes, 0 no

  Household head’s occupation

 

  Manager in government, enterprises and institutions

Reference

  Private entrepreneurs and managers

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  Professional and technical personnel

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  Ordinary administrative in government, enterprises and institutions

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  Employees in business or service industry

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  Primary businesses

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  Urban worker

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  Farmers engaged in non-agricultural labor

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  Farmer

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  Unemployed

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  Tired

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  Other

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  Household head’s age group

 

  <25 years

Reference

  > = 25 and <30 years

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  > = 30 and <35 years

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  > = 35 and <40 years

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  > = 40 and <45 years

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  > = 45 and <50 years

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  > = 50 and <55 years

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  > = 55 and <60 years

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  > = 60 and <65 years

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  > = 65 and <70 years

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  > = 70 and <75 years

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  > = 75 years

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  Household head’s sex

1- female, 0-male

 Number of persons with chronic disease

 

  None

Reference

  1

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  2

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  3 or more

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

 Number of persons 65 years old or older

 

  None

Reference

  1

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  2 or more

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

 Number of persons younger than 5 years old

 

  None

Reference

  1

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  2

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

 Number of hospitalizations in last 12 months

 

  None

Reference

  1

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  2

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  3

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

 Income quintile

 

  1st (top)living standard quintile

Reference

  2nd living standard quintile

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  3rd living standard quintile

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  4th living standard quintile

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  5th(bottom)living standard quintile

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

 Household size

 

  1

Reference

  2

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  3

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

  4 or more

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

Area level

 

 Shanghai

Reference

 Changzhou

1 if yes, 0 otherwise

 Weifang

1 if yes, 0 otherwise