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Table 4 Descriptive statistics of sample influencing factors of informal social support

From: The impact of informal social support on the health poverty vulnerability of the elderly in rural China: based on 2018 CHARLS data

Ordered variable

Value

Freq

%

Numerical variable

mean

std

Relationship with spouse

1(Extremely satisfied)

160

4.95

Financial support from children

3093.56

9737.06

2(Greatly satisfied)

1118

34.60

Sibling support

1.7951

33.89

3(Satisfied)

1254

38.81

Support from other friends and relatives

507.397

3825.04

4(Less satisfied)

168

5.20

Borrowing costs

4126.06

29464.6

5(Completely dissatisfied)

531

16.43

   

Relationship with Children

1(Extremely satisfied)

245

7.58

   

2(Greatly satisfied)

1609

49.80

   

3(Satisfied)

1217

37.67

   

4(Less satisfied)

114

3.53

   

5(Completely dissatisfied)

46

1.42