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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of rural disabled persons’ independent variables and social medical insurance participation rate and significance of univariate analysis

From: Multi-level modelling of the factors that influence the participation of disabled rural individuals in social medical insurance in China

Variable

Sample size and proportion N (%)

Social medical insurance participation rate (%)

Participation in social medical insurance

  

  Yes

32374 (28)

 

  No

82111 (72)

 
 

Level 2 characteristic N=5220

Rehabilitation Stations**

  

  Yes

1014 (19)

36

  No

4206 (81)

27

Special Committees for the Disabled**

  

  Yes

2369 (45)

30

  No

2851 (55)

27

NPC**

  

  Yes

750 (14)

41

  No

4470 (86)

26

Per Capita Income of Villagers in 2005**

  

  683 or less

1157 (22)

19

  684–2800

2083 (40)

24

  2301 or more

1980 (38)

35

 

Level 1 characteristic N=114,485

Gender*

  

  Male

57296 (50)

29

  Female

57189 (50)

28

Educational Level**

  

  College or Above

109 (0)

41

  Primary, High and Technical Secondary School

16785 (15)

30

  Primary School and Below

97591 (85)

28

Employment**

  

  Yes

41521 (36)

29

  No

72964 (64)

28

Marital Status**

  

  In Marriage

69340 (61)

29

  Not in Marriage

45145 (39)

27

Per Capita Household Income(PCHI)**

2281.32 (STD=2264.54)

 

  683 or less

15117 (13)

21

  684–2300

59726 (52)

27

  2301 or more

39642 (35)

33

Disability Degree**

  

  grade-1 (most severe)

20030 (18)

27

  grade-2

14086 (12)

26

  grade-3

30947 (27)

28

  grade-4 (least severe)

49422 (43)

30

Participation in Society**

  

  None/ Mild barriers

51328 (45)

29

  Moderate barriers

36343 (32)

29

  Severe barriers

26814 (23)

26

  1. *Significant at 0.05,
  2. **Significant at 0.001, significance of the x 2 -test, examining the independent associations between rural disabled persons’ social medical insurance participation and independent variables.