Table 4 Information on the health utilization for persons who have symptoms by different characteristic in the past month

 Gender

0.017

0.927

6.659

0.011

  Male

89 (47.1)

100 (52.9)

189 (100)

276 (58.0)

200 (42.0)

476 (100)

  Female

146 (46.5)

168 (53.5)

314 (100)

627 (65.0)

338 (35.0)

965 (100)

 Age

14.937

0.005

69.937

0.000

  15~

40 (41.7)

56 (58.3)

96 (100)

56 (48.7)

59 (51.3)

115 (100)

  25~

78 (43.6)

101(56.4)

179 (100)

107 (49.3)

110 (50.7)

217 (100)

  35~

46 (41.8)

64 (58.2)

110 (100)

126 (54.5)

105 (44.5)

231 (100)

  45~

25 (50.0)

25 (50.0)

50 (100)

178 (60.3)

117 (39.7)

295 (100)

  55~

46 (67.6)

22 (32.4)

68 (100)

436 (74.8)

147 (25.2)

583 (100)

 Ethnicity

11.001

0.001

0.007

1.000

  Han

226 (48.9)

236 (51.1)

462 (100)

850 (62.6)

507 (37.4)

1357 (100)

  Minority

9 (22.0)

32 (78.0)

41 (100)

53 (63.1)

31 (36.9)

84 (100)

 Marital status

3.347

0.188

24.090

0.000

  No married

70 (41.8)

100 (58.2)

170 (100)

96 (51.6)

90 (48.4)

186 (100)

  Married

156 (49.8)

157 (50.2)

313 (100)

711 (62.7)

423 (37.3)

1134 (100)

  Divorced/Widowed

9 (45.0)

11 (55.0)

20 (100)

96 (79.3)

25 (20.7)

121 (100)

 Education level

0.833

0.842

22.931

0.000

  Junior high school and below

56 (50.0)

56 (50.0)

112 (100)

263 (71.9)

103 (28.1)

366 (100)

  High school or secondary

66 (46.5)

76 (53.5)

142 (100)

291(62.3)

176(37.7)

467(100)

  University or college

96 (44.9)

118 (55.1)

214 (100)

292 (58.9)

204 (41.1)

496 (100)

  Master’ degree or above

17 (48.6)

18 (51.4)

35 (100)

57 (50.9)

55 (49.1)

112 (100)

 Incoming

5.753

0.056

10.931

0.004

   < 3000

135 (48.7)

142 (51.3)

277 (100)

589 (65.3)

313 (34.7)

902 (100)

  3000–4999

61 (39.4)

94 (60.6)

155 (100)

220 (61.1)

140 (38.9)

360 (100)

   > 5000

39 (54.9)

32 (45.1)

71 (100)

94 (52.5)

85 (47.5)

179 (100)

 Housing source

0.806

0.421

0.872

0.352

  Own house

68 (50.0)

68 (50.0)

136 (100)

619 (63.5)

356 (36.5)

975 (100)

  Rent

167 (45.5)

200 (54.5)

367 (100)

284 (60.9)

182 (39.1)

466 (100)

 Employment status

6.365

0.041

46.566

0.000

  Formal work

127 (48.8)

133 (51.2)

260 (100)

410 (59.7)

277 (40.3)

687 (100)

  Retirement

26 (60.5)

17 (39.5)

43 (100)

328 (75.1)

109 (24.9)

437 (100)

  Informal work

82 (41.0)

118 (59.0)

200 (100)

165 (52.1)

152 (47.9)

317 (100)

 Insurance

0.820

0.199

1.691

0.199

  Uninsured

108 (44.6)

134(55.4)

242(100)

68 (57.1)

51 (42.9)

119 (100)

  Insured

127 (48.7)

134(51.3)

261(100)

835 (63.2)

487 (36.8)

1322 (100)

 Distance from residence to nearest medical institution

2.229

0.328

5.099

0.078

  0~

85 (46.2)

99 (53.8)

184 (100)

391 (66.0)

201 (34.0)

592 (100)

  1~

31 (39.7)

47 (60.3)

78 (100)

182 (61.3)

115 (38.7)

297 (100)

  2~

119 (49.4)

122 (50.6)

241 (100)

330 (59.8)

222 (40.2)

552 (100)

 Having chronic disease

7.625

0.006

72.114

0.000

  No

125 (41.7)

175 (65.3)

300 (100)

248 (48.2)

267 (51.8)

515 (100)

  Yes

110 (54.2)

93 (45.8)

203 (100)

655 (70.7)

271 (29.3)

926 (100)

 Self-evaluation general health status

4.840

0.089

8.213

0.016

  Good

82 (42.3)

112 (57.7)

194 (100)

275 (62.4)

166 (37.6)

441 (100)

  Moderate

126 (47.7)

138 (52.3)

264 (100)

475 (60.5)

310 (39.5)

785 (100)

  Poor

27 (60.0)

18 (40.0)

45 (100)

153 (71.2)

62 (28.8)

215 (100)

 The degree of symptom in the past month

22.586

0.000

93.001

0.000

  Mild

72 (36.7)

124 (63.3)

196 (100)

199 (46.9)

225 (53.1)

424 (100)

  Moderate

127 (49.2)

131 (50.8)

258 (100)

527 (65.1)

283 (34.9)

810 (100)

  Severe

36 (73.5)

13 (26.5)

49 (100)

177 (85.5)

30 (14.5)

207 (100)