Table 5.

Summary statistics for the regression sample.

	2011	2013	2015	2018	2020	2011–2020
	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Std. Dev.
Female	0.511	0.512	0.515	0.517	0.520	0.515	0.50
Rural hukou	0.693	0.679	0.687	0.700	0.698	0.692	0.46
Marital Status
Married	0.740	0.771	0.788	0.781	0.803	0.779	0.42
Widowed	0.235	0.212	0.197	0.201	0.175	0.202	0.40
Divorce	0.014	0.008	0.007	0.010	0.016	0.011	0.11
Never married	0.011	0.009	0.008	0.007	0.006	0.008	0.09
Region
Western region	0.325	0.312	0.309	0.304	0.284	0.305	0.46
Central region	0.310	0.311	0.312	0.317	0.305	0.311	0.46
Eastern region	0.365	0.377	0.379	0.379	0.412	0.384	0.49
Age
Age Group: 60–64	0.336	0.350	0.352	0.332	0.306	0.334	0.47
Age Group: 65–69	0.230	0.236	0.247	0.268	0.279	0.254	0.44
Age Group: 70–74	0.183	0.168	0.164	0.170	0.180	0.173	0.38
Age Group: 75+	0.250	0.246	0.237	0.230	0.235	0.239	0.43
Education
Illiterate	0.373	0.353	0.365	0.334	0.290	0.340	0.47
Literate but did not finished elementary school	0.189	0.195	0.093	0.172	0.158	0.160	0.37
Finished elementary school	0.234	0.227	0.262	0.203	0.191	0.222	0.42
Finished middle school	0.119	0.134	0.162	0.170	0.196	0.160	0.37
Finished high school or above	0.087	0.091	0.117	0.120	0.166	0.119	0.32
Household size	3.435	3.330	2.525	2.672	2.864	2.933	1.67
Observations	7,168	7,658	8,952	10,262	11,163	45,203

Notes: from CHARLS data. Consumption levels are in 2011 prices. All statistics are weighted.