Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of participants by response to medical dispute
Frequency (Column %) | Lower-level Response (n = 3059) | Higher-level Response (n = 2497) | p | Non-violence (n = 5473) | Violence (n = 83) | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | ** | |||||
Female | 1667 (54.5%) | 1342 (53.7%) | 2978 (54.4%) | 31 (37.3%) | ||
Male | 1392 (45.5%) | 1155 (46.3%) | 2495 (45.6%) | 52 (62.7%) | ||
Birth Year | † | |||||
1949 or before | 317 (10.4%) | 258 (10.3%) | 568 (10.4%) | 7 (8.4%) | ||
1950–1959 | 292 (9.5%) | 230 (9.2%) | 518 (9.5%) | 4 (4.8%) | ||
1960–1969 | 437 (14.3%) | 322 (12.9%) | 751 (13.7%) | 8 (9.6%) | ||
1970–1979 | 570 (18.6%) | 541 (21.7%) | 1094 (20.0%) | 17 (20.5%) | ||
1980–1989 | 957 (31.3%) | 809 (32.4%) | 1732 (31.6%) | 34 (41.0%) | ||
1990–1999 | 486 (15.9%) | 337 (13.5%) | 810 (14.8%) | 13 (15.7%) | ||
Marital Status | ** | |||||
Unmarried | 633 (20.7%) | 448 (17.9%) | 1061 (19.4%) | 20 (24.1%) | ||
Married | 2426 (79.3%) | 2049 (82.1%) | 4412 (80.6%) | 63 (75.9%) | ||
Education | * | |||||
Junior High School or Below | 1119 (36.6%) | 981 (39.3%) | 2072 (37.9%) | 28 (33.7%) | ||
Senior High School or equivalent | 871 (28.5%) | 704 (28.2%) | 1550 (28.3%) | 25 (30.1%) | ||
Junior College or Higher | 1069 (34.9%) | 812 (32.5%) | 1851 (33.8%) | 30 (36.1%) | ||
Unemployed | 806 (26.3%) | 728 (29.2%) | † | 1514 (27.7%) | 20 (24.1%) | |
Travel distance measure | * | |||||
Short-distance | 2439 (79.7%) | 2048 (82.0%) | 4419 (80.7%) | 68 (81.9%) | ||
Mid-distance | 406 (13.3%) | 300 (12.0%) | 695 (12.7%) | 11 (13.3%) | ||
Long-distance | 214 (7.0%) | 149 (6.0%) | 359 (6.6%) | 4 (4.8%) | ||
Rural | 1665 (54.4%) | 1449 (58.0%) | ** | 3067 (56.0%) | 47 (56.6%) | |
Urban | 1394 (45.6%) | 1048 (42.0%) | 2406 (44.0%) | 36 (43.4%) | ||
Monthly Income (CNY) | † | |||||
< 1000 | 636 (20.8%) | 552 (22.1%) | 1170 (21.4%) | 18 (21.7%) | ||
1000 ~ 1999 | 676 (22.1%) | 560 (22.4%) | 1220 (22.3%) | 16 (19.3%) | ||
2000 ~ 2999 | 733 (24.0%) | 617 (24.7%) | 1336 (24.4%) | 14 (16.9%) | ||
3000 ~ 4999 | 709 (23.2%) | 523 (20.9%) | 1212 (22.1%) | 20 (24.1%) | ||
5000 ~ 9999 | 257 (8.4%) | 193 (7.7%) | 441 (8.1%) | 9 (10.8%) | ||
> = 10,000 | 48 (1.6%) | 52 (2.1%) | 94 (1.7%) | 6 (7.2%) | ||
Inpatient | 1687 (55.1%) | 1392 (55.7%) | 3044 (55.6%) | 35 (42.2%) | * | |
Outpatient | 1369 (44.8%) | 1105 (44.3%) | 2426 (44.3%) | 48 (57.7%) |