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Table 2 Overall use of preventive care and specific use of general physical examinations in study participants

From: Correlates of unequal access to preventive care in China: a multilevel analysis of national data from the 2011 China Health and Nutrition Survey

Characteristics of participants

Overall use of preventive care

General physical examinations

No.

%

P

No.

%

p

Demographic Characteristics

 Age

  18-44

253

5.6

<0.001

160

3.6

0.002

  45-59

315

6.5

 

166

3.4

 

  60+

361

8.7

 

199

4.8

 

 Sex

      

  Female

511

7.3

0.080

264

3.8

0.361

  Male

418

6.5

 

261

4.1

 

Socioeconomic status

 Marital status

  

0.003

  

0.736

  Never married

36

4.9

 

26

3.5

 

  Married

768

6.8

 

446

4.0

 

  Other

125

8.6

 

53

3.7

 

 Education attainment

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  No formal education

189

6.2

 

90

2.9

 

  Primary school

128

5.4

 

74

3.1

 

  Middle school

273

6.5

 

133

3.2

 

  High school

188

7.5

 

116

4.6

 

  University

151

11.4

 

112

8.5

 

 Per capita household income

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

   ≤ 20 percentile

142

5.3

 

60

2.2

 

   ≤ 40 percentile

122

4.5

 

72

2.7

 

   ≤ 60 percentile

167

6.2

 

92

3.4

 

   ≤ 80 percentile

227

8.4

 

127

4.7

 

   > 80 percentile

271

10.0

 

174

6.5

 

Health condition

      

 Illness over past 4 weeks

      

  No

578

5.2

<0.001

355

3.2

<0.001

  Yes

351

14.6

 

170

7.1

 

 Chronic conditions

      

  No

570

5.3

<0.001

363

3.4

<0.001

  Yes

359

13.4

 

162

6.1

 

Medical insurance

 CMI

  

0.011

   

  Yes

42

10.0

 

26

6.2

0.014

  No

887

6.8

 

499

3.9

 

 BSMI

  

<0.001

   

  NCRMS

393

5.0

 

203

2.6

<0.001

  URBMI

184

8.5

 

101

4.6

 

  UEBMI

352

10.1

 

221

6.4

 

Residency

 Region of residence

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  Northeastern

65

3.4

 

43

2.3

 

  Western

196

5.6

 

95

2.7

 

  Central

205

5.7

 

127

3.5

 

  Eastern

463

10.5

 

260

5.9

 

 Type of community

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  Urban neighborhood

206

9.7

 

109

5.1

 

  Suburban village

220

8.0

 

131

4.8

 

  County town

133

7.3

 

88

4.8

 

  Rural village

370

5.4

 

197

2.9

 
  1. CMI Commercial Medical Insurance, BSMI Basic Social Medical Insurance, UEBMI Urban Employees Basic Medical Insurance, URBMI Urban Residents Basic Medical Insurance, NRCMS New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme