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Table 2 Distribution of reasons for “not see a doctor” among Chinese aged≥45 years, 2015.(N (weighted, %))

From: Why not see a doctor when ill? Evidence from the Chinese elderly

Factors

No need

Inconvenient traffic or no time to see doctor

Distrust doctors or hospital service

Could not afford

Other

Sex

 Female

675 (63.59)

69 (5.85)

48 (4.29)

187 (15.79)

124 (10.48)

 Male

575 (65.55)

44 (4.96)

44 (5.10)

128 (13.49)

81 (10.90)

Age group

 75+

109 (53.40)

19 (7.39)

17 (5.34)

35 (13.12)

33 (20.74)

 60–74

475 (60.39)

43 (5.77)

39 (4.67)

137 (16.54)

103 (12.64)

 45–59

666 (70.97)

51 (4.62)

36 (4.44)

143 (13.83)

69 (6.14)

Marital status

 Married

989 (67.89)

79 (4.99)

70 (4.58)

237 (14.04)

143 (8.49)

 Othersa

261 (54.21)

34 (6.80)

22 (4.88)

78 (16.91)

62 (17.20)

Hukou

 Rural

895 (61.55)

92 (6.05)

69 (5.30)

253 (16.30)

156 (10.80)

 Urban

240 (73.70)

13 (4.21)

17 (3.86)

32 (10.05)

33 (8.17)

Education

 No formal

218 (53.49)

29 (6.75)

14 (3.06)

80 (20.07)

65 (16.63)

 Elementary school

373 (62.52)

27 (4.95)

27 (4.70)

105 (17.22)

56 (10.61)

 Middle school and above

245 (73.11)

16 (3.84)

15 (4.22)

39 (10.70)

32 (8.14)

Income

 Low

436 (64.24)

43 (6.40)

34 (5.36)

110 (15.35)

68 (8.65)

 Middle

383 (58.93)

37 (5.19)

30 (4.09)

123 (18.49)

80 (13.30)

High

398 (70.29)

31 (4.78)

28 (4.81)

70 (9.13)

55 (10.99)

Access to pensionb

 No

319 (57.51)

28 (4.45)

29 (5.42)

114 (22.37)

63 (10.25)

 Yes

931 (67.18)

84 (5.75)

62 (4.38)

200 (11.86)

142 (10.84)

Access to health insurancec

 No

101 (58.00)

8 (3.76)

10 (4.51)

46 (22.78)

20 (10.96)

 Yes

1149 (65.19)

105 (5.63)

82 (4.67)

269 (13.88)

185 (10.63)

Self-reported general health status

 Bad

218 (51.76)

22 (4.16)

31 (6.10)

124 (26.34)

58 (11.65)

 Fair

496 (66.46)

40 (4.75)

27 (4.41)

112 (15.36)

72 (9.01)

 Very good/good

457 (72.85)

40 (6.17)

28 (4.49)

64 (8.52)

53 (7.97)

Chronic illness

 No chronic disease

211 (74.89)

19 (5.69)

10 (3.32)

28 (9.36)

24 (6.74)

 One chronic disease

214 (74.10)

13 (3.80)

8 (3.87)

30 (9.92)

22 (8.32)

 Two chronic diseases

167 (65.46)

14 (5.81)

9 (5.33)

35 (14.38)

25 (9.02)

 Three and more chronic diseases

376 (55.49)

42 (5.41)

41 (4.80)

152 (19.39)

94 (14.90)

  1. aInclude divorced or separated, widowed and single
  2. bInclude rural pension, urban residents’ pension, commercial pension, pension of the firms, pension program of the government or institutions and old age pension allowance or others
  3. cInclude urban employee medical insurance, urban and rural resident medical insurance, new cooperative medical insurance, urban resident medical insurance, private medical Insurance, government medical insurance