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Table 3 Summary of characteristics of study population, 2013

From: Factors predicting health services use among older people in China: An analysis of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study 2013

Variables

Values

Frequency

Unweighted %

Weighted %

Total

Aged 45 +

18246

100

100

Age group

Aged 45–54

5920

32.5

33.4

Aged 55–64

6694

36.8

35.2

Aged 65–74

3736

20.5

20.5

Aged 75+

1855

10.2

10.2

Gender

Male

8807

48.3

48.4

Female

9428

51.7

51.6

Education

Under primary school

8182

44.9

44.9

School without degree

9633

52.8

52.9

College and above degrees

414

2.3

2.2

Communist party member

Yes

1987

10.9

10.7

No

16212

89.1

89.3

Marital status

Married with spouse present

14764

81.0

78.7

Married with spouse away

1035

5.7

6.2

Separated/Divorced/Widowed

2273

12.5

14.2

Single

155

0.9

1.0

Ethic group

Han

16787

92.4

92.4

Minorities

1374

7.6

7.6

Residence

Rural

10881

59.7

58.7

Urban

7361

40.4

41.3

Household registration

Agricultural

13893

76.4

76.6

Non-agricultural

4090

22.5

22.3

Other

211

1.2

1.2

Relative living standard

Better

503

3.9

3.6

About same

3595

27.7

28.1

Worse

8891

68.5

68.4

 

Not reported

5253

  

Health insurance

Government

253

1.4

1.3

 

Urban employee

2150

12.0

11.7

 

Urban resident

904

5.0

5.2

 

New rural cooperative

12939

72.2

72.0

 

Commercial

393

2.2

2.2

 

Other types

555

3.1

3.2

 

No medical insurance

730

4.1

4.4

Physical examinations in the last 18 months

Yes

6444

36.7

36.8

No

11118

63.3

63.2

Seeing a doctor in the last month when ill

Yes

3773

21.0

21.4

No

1700

9.3

9.2

Not applicable

12502

69.6

69.4

Inpatient care in the last year if necessary

Yes

2134

11.8

12.1

No

900

5.0

4.7

Not applicable

15042

83.2

83.3

Number of diseases

No chronic disease

4846

32.6

33.7

One chronic disease

4430

29.8

29.9

Two chronic diseases

2844

19.2

18.6

Three and more chronic diseases

2728

18.4

17.8

Not reported

3394

  

Any physical disability

Yes

539

3.1

3.0

No

16908

96.9

97.0

Any functional loss

Yes

2047

11.3

10.9

No

16030

88.7

89.1

Perceived health

Good and above

4276

23.7

23.9

Fair

8863

49.1

49.2

Poor

4358

24.2

23.8

Very poor

550

3.1

3.0

Any ADL limitation

Yes

1114

8.9

9.4

No

11360

91.1

90.6

Not reported

5621

  

Depression

No

13087

86.6

87.1

Mild/Moderate

1585

10.5

10.1

Major

443

2.9

2.8

Not reported

2980

  

Fair/poor memory

Yes

13520

83.1

82.4

No

2751

16.9

17.6

Pain

None

10545

64.3

65.2

A little

2915

17.8

17.6

Some

1383

8.4

8.3

Quite a bit

1051

6.4

6.1

A lot

519

3.2

2.9

Not reported

1829

  

Smokers

Current a smoker

2938

20.1

20.3

Former a smoker

1355

9.3

9.5

Never a smoker

10296

70.6

70.3

Not reported

3653

  

Drinking alcohol

More than once a month

4794

26.6

26.2

Less than once a month

1441

8.0

7.9

No

11780

65.4

65.9

Physical exercises

Regular exercises

2855

48.0

48.1

Less than regular exercises

2484

41.8

41.8

 

No exercise

611

10.3

10.2

 

Not reported

12145

  
  1. Data source: Authors’ own calculation using CHARLS 2013 national data