Table 1 Participant characteristics
From: Healthcare system responsiveness in Jiangsu Province, China
|  | Number (n = 1783) | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
 Male | 881 | 49.4 |
 Female | 902 | 59.6 |
Age (years) | ||
 Mean ± SD | 39.2 ± 13.4 |  |
 range | 18–78 |  |
Marriage | ||
 Married | 1276 | 71.6 |
 Unmarried | 480 | 26.9 |
 Divorced or widowed | 27 | 1.5 |
Education | ||
 Elementary school and under | 203 | 11.4 |
 Middle school and College | 1375 | 77.1 |
 University and higher | 205 | 11.5 |
Occupation | ||
 Worker | 556 | 31.2 |
 Farmer | 170 | 9.5 |
 Civil service | 188 | 10.5 |
 Technical staff | 162 | 9.1 |
 Service personnel | 216 | 12.1 |
 Retiree | 69 | 3.9 |
 Unemployed | 53 | 3.0 |
 Students and children | 279 | 15.6 |
 Other | 90 | 5.1 |
Family income | ||
 Very poor | 49 | 2.8 |
 Below average | 283 | 15.9 |
 Average | 1275 | 71.5 |
 Good | 153 | 8.6 |
 Very good | 22 | 1.2 |
Medical insurance | ||
 Free medical care | 53 | 3.0 |
 Basic medical insurance for urban residents | 329 | 18.5 |
 Basic medical insurance for urban employee | 624 | 35.0 |
 New rural cooperative medical insurance | 584 | 32.7 |
 Self-pay and other | 193 | 10.8 |