Determinants of basic public health services provision by village doctors in China: using non-communicable diseases management as an example

Table 1 Descriptive statistics

Variable	Sample	Percentage (%)
Individual level (level-1, n = 1149)
Gender
Male	864	75.2
Female	285	24.8
Age (years)
20–39	344	29.9
40–59	610	53.1
60 +	195	17.0
Education
≤ Junior high school	149	13.0
Secondary school	783	68.1
> Secondary school	217	18.9
Average monthly income (CNY) ^b
Low	392	34.1
Ordinary	377	32.8
High	380	33.1
Frequency of training in last 3 years	1149	12.7 (8.791)^a
Monthly public health care subsidy (CNY) ^b
None	159	13.8
1–300	678	59.0
More than 300	312	27.2
Integrated Management
Low	561	47.6
High	671	52.4
NCMS-contracted
No	362	31.5
Yes	787	68.5
County level (level-2, n = 12)
Geographical factor ^c
Mountain area	8	62.5
Plain	4	37.5
FDI Index ^d
Low	5	38.6
Average	3	28.9
High	4	32.6
Funding for BPHS per person (CNY) ^{b, c}
Less than 30	2	14.5
30	8	64.1
More than 30	2	21.4

^a Training opportunity last 3 years is a continuous variable, presented by mean (S.D.) instead of percentage
^b USD $1 = CNY 6.199 (June 1, 2015)
^c Aggregate variables
^d Integral variables

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