Residents’ satisfaction with primary medical and health services in Western China

Table 1 Distribution of respondents and the health knowledge sources

Sample characteristic	Level	Number of respondents (n)	Percentage (%)
Sex	Male	1084	53.19
Sex	Female	954	46.81
Age	9~	329	16.14
	18~	451	22.13
	31~	423	20.76
	41~	394	19.33
	51~	298	14.62
	65~	138	6.77
	Blank	5	0.25
Region	Lanzhou Chengguan	468	22.96
	Lanzhou Gaolan	289	14.18
	Pingliang	506	24.83
	Wuwei	352	17.27
	Zhangye	423	20.76
Registration	Urban	826	40.53
	Rural	1161	56.97
	Alien permanent	32	1.57
	Blank	19	0.93
Occupation	Civil servant/enterprise and public institution/technician	362	17.76
	Worker/migrant labourer/farmer	749	36.75
	Retired/student	627	30.77
	Unemployed/self-employed	179	8.78
	Others	115	5.64
	Blank	6	0.29
Education	Elementary school	373	18.30
	Junior high school	586	28.75
	Senior high school	628	30.81
	Bachelor’s	429	21.05
	Master’s	12	0.59
	Blank	10	0.49
Do you have hypertension	Yes	230	11.29
	No	1802	88.42
	Blank	6	0.29
Do you have diabetes	Yes	77	3.78
	No	1954	95.88
	Blank	7	0.34
Health knowledge sources	Media	1777	87.19
	Health information column	642	31.50
	Community information column	681	33.42
	Home health workers	404	19.82
	pamphlets	630	30.91
	Doctors	375	18.40
	Residents	530	26.01
	Others	120	5.89
Total		2038	100.00

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