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Table 2 Sample characteristics for the whole cohort and subgroups with different disease and treatment status and medical expense levels

From: Illness and medical and other expenditures: observations from western and eastern China

 

Presence of chronic disease

Presence of inpatient treatment

Medical expense

 

Whole cohort

Eastern

Western

Eastern

Western

Eastern

Western

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

High

Low

High

Low

Data on household

             

Household size

4.64

4.61

4.62

4.69

4.64

4.61

4.61

4.67

4.64

4.66

4.56

4.78

4.53

(1.25)

(1.3)

(1.23)

(1.22)

(1.25)

(1.26)

(1.27)

(1.24)

(1.23)

(1.28)

(1.24)

(1.29)

(1.17)

p-value

 

(0.708)

(0.133)

(0.869)

(0.371)

(0.002)

(<0.001)

Younger than 18*

0.36

0.33

0.32

0.4

0.4

0.32

0.33

0.40

0.40

0.32

0.32

0.4

0.4

p-value

 

(0.139)

(0.851)

(0.247)

(0.758)

(0.486)

(0.940)

Older than 65*

0.34

0.37

0.38

0.31

0.31

0.37

0.37

0.31

0.31

0.38

0.36

0.32

0.30

p-value

 

(0.130)

(0.912)

(0.527)

(0.635)

(<0.001)

(<0.001)

Hukou*

Urban

64.19

65.74

61.23

65.08

64.62

63.35

63.73

64.87

64.75

64.66

62.33

65.36

64.24

 

Rural

35.81

34.26

38.77

34.92

35.38

36.65

36.27

35.13

35.25

35.34

37.67

34.64

35.76

p-value

  

(<0.001)

(0.721)

(0.785)

(0.941)

(0.064)

(0.360)

Income

 

10570

14913

14277

6680

6940

14589

14611

6811

6850

21149

7938

9839

3613

(8635)

(10030)

(9767)

(4883)

(4838)

(10010)

(9750)

(4888)

(4819)

(8299)

(6313)

(4470)

(2733)

p-value

  

(0.013)

(0.033)

(0.934)

(0.751)

(<0.001)

(<0.001)

Data on household head

             

Age*

<20

1.97

1.94

2.11

1.81

1.99

1.78

2.38

1.75

2.14

2.24

1.81

1.73

2.1

 

21-30

8.24

8.28

8.04

7.95

8.59

8.08

8.28

8.7

7.77

8.56

7.76

8.84

8.38

 

31-40

2.95

2.99

2.68

3.23

2.92

2.7

3.03

2.86

3.31

2.63

3.04

3.17

2.93

 

41-50

36.78

37.12

36.19

37.47

36.44

36.65

36.68

36.32

37.68

36.89

36.43

36.97

36.81

 

51-60

39.33

38.86

41.49

37.9

39.06

40.25

40.04

38.6

38.49

39.85

40.48

38.31

38.81

 

>60

10.74

10.81

9.48

11.64

11.01

10.54

9.59

11.77

10.61

9.84

10.47

11.59

10.96

p-value

  

(0.272)

(0.680)

(0.488)

(0.252)

(0.510)

(0.825)

Gender*

Male

76.52

76.87

77.65

76.19

75.58

77.37

77.09

76.83

74.48

77.72

76.78

76.23

75.43

p-value

  

(0.492)

(0.590)

(0.824)

(0.031)

(0.400)

(0.469)

Education*

<middle school

49.47

49.61

49.4

49.04

49.74

48.63

50.78

49.15

49.83

49.39

49.62

49.3

49.59

 

High school

39.34

39.75

39.61

39.21

38.89

40.64

38.28

39.45

38.45

39.68

39.68

38.28

39.87

 

Bachelor

9.36

8.8

9.31

9.65

9.62

9.03

9.1

9.31

10.09

9.05

9.07

10.39

8.83

 

>Bachelor

1.83

1.84

1.68

2.09

1.74

1.7

1.84

2.09

1.62

1.88

1.64

2.06

1.72

p-value

  

(0.876)

(0.747)

(0.313)

(0.330)

(0.920)

(0.102)

Marital status*

Single

23.68

23.82

22.96

24.2

23.77

22.6

24.55

24.31

23.46

23.43

23.35

24.13

23.77

 

Married

62.7

61.5

63.17

62.95

63.12

63.1

61.19

63.1

62.98

62.75

61.89

63.09

63

 

Divorced

7.18

8.02

7.71

6.53

6.57

7.83

7.91

6.12

7.15

7.57

8.16

6.72

6.37

 

Widowed

6.43

6.67

6.17

6.32

6.54

6.47

6.35

6.47

6.41

6.25

6.59

6.06

6.85

p-value

  

(0.587)

(0.967)

(0.356)

(0.392)

(0.770)

(0.583)

Occupation*

Government

16.25

16.23

14.95

16.36

17.25

15.61

15.57

16.41

17.5

23.96

7.09

27.17

5.86

 

State-owned Co.

21.73

21.91

21.45

20.83

22.51

21.35

22.17

21.5

22.17

34.52

8.63

37.44

5.07

 

Private Co.

5.58

5.72

5.9

5.22

5.48

6.33

5.04

5.59

5.05

10.27

1.27

9.94

0.48

 

Self-employed

19.42

19.48

19.47

20.87

18.23

19.65

19.22

19.99

18.53

0.3

38.98

1.7

38.24

 

Farmer

31.32

30.85

3.77

30.2

31.4

31.49

32.25

30.91

30.83

30.87

32.75

23.08

39.2

 

Unemployed

1.72

1.74

1.78

1.74

1.64

1.73

1.8

1.67

1.69

0.03

3.51

0.18

3.28

 

Retired

2.95

2.96

2.65

3.62

2.67

2.81

2.79

2.97

3.24

0

5.65

0.42

5.93

 

Other

1.02

1.12

1.04

1.17

0.82

1.03

1.15

0.95

0.99

0.07

2.11

0.06

1.94

p-value

  

(0.757)

(0.023)

(0.633)

(0.724)

(<0.001)

(<0.001)

  1. Mean (standard deviation) or percentage (variables marked by *).
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