Table 2.
The comparison of air conditioner ownership rate, AC usage frequency, the working time outdoors, and transportation tools during 2014–2023 between different demographic characteristics subgroups.
| Subgroups | Air conditioner ownership rate | Air conditioners usage | Working time outdoors | Transportation tools | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At home | p value | In the office/school | p value | At home | p value | In the office/school | p value | ≧4 h | p value | Waking/ bicycling | Electric/motorcycles/buses/ subways | Private car | p value | |
| Total | 2,522(49.5) | 2,491(50.3) | ||||||||||||
| Age(year) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.095 | <0.0001 | ||||||||
| 31–40 | 1,309(84.7) | 1,304(84.4) | 449(35.1) | 263(20.6) | 399(25.8) | 125(44.2) | 672(44.2) | 725(47.6) | ||||||
| 41–64 | 1,213(78.3) | 1,187(76.6) | 528(44.2) | 354(30.4) | 360(23.2) | 174(36.0) | 544(36.0) | 795(52.5) | ||||||
| Gender | 0.076 | 0.166 | 0.033 | 0.207 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | ||||||||
| Male | 1,090(83.0) | 1,073(81.7) | 397(37.1) | 252(24.0) | 450(34.3) | 110(36.9) | 476(36.9) | 705(54.6) | ||||||
| Female | 1,432(80.5) | 1,418(79.7) | 580(41.3) | 365(26.2) | 309(17.4) | 189(42.4) | 740(42.4) | 815(46.7) | ||||||
| Occupation types | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.017 | 0.003 | <0.0001 | 0.001 | ||||||||
| Outdoor | 124(61.4) | 123(60.9) | 45(38.1) | 35(31.0) | 164(81.2) | 17(52.6) | 103(52.6) | 76(38.8) | ||||||
| Half indoors and half out door | 404(78.6) | 395(76.9) | 181(45.9) | 120(31.3) | 230(44.8) | 57(35.4) | 178(35.4) | 268(53.3) | ||||||
| Indoors | 1994(83.9) | 1973(83.0) | 752(38.3) | 462(23.8) | 365(15.4) | 225(40.0) | 935(40.0) | 1,176(50.3) | ||||||
| Education | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | ||||||||
| High school or below | 314(68.7) | 283(61.9) | 149(49.3) | 100(37.6) | 241(52.7) | 55(52.5) | 231(52.5) | 154(35.0) | ||||||
| Undergraduate | 1,742(81.9) | 1,742(81.9) | 692(40.4) | 548(26.7) | 465(21.9) | 192(36.0) | 752(36.0) | 1,147(54.9) | ||||||
| Graduate or above | 466(91.2) | 466(91.2) | 136(29.7) | 59(12.8) | 53(10.4) | 52(46.2) | 233(46.2) | 219(43.5) | ||||||
| Income (yuan) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | ||||||||
| <5,000 | 782(76.0) | 753(73.2) | 408(53.1) | 269(36.8) | 283(27.5) | 128(47.6) | 477(47.6) | 397(39.6) | ||||||
| 5,001–10,000 | 962(80.8) | 960(80.6) | 342(36.3) | 217(23.2) | 316(26.5) | 103(37.8) | 441(37.8) | 623(53.4) | ||||||
| >10,000 | 778(89.0) | 788(89.02) | 227(29.7) | 131(16.9) | 160(18.3) | 68(34.4) | 298(34.4) | 500(57.7) | ||||||
| Region | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.002 | 0.0009 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | ||||||||
| Southern | 2,134(89.4) | 2,132(89.3) | 806(38.3) | 506(24.1) | 512(21.4) | 200(42.2) | 992(42.2) | 1,158(49.3) | ||||||
| Northern | 388(55.0) | 358(50.7) | 171(46.7) | 111(32.6) | 247(35.0) | 99(32.7) | 224(32.7) | 362(52.9) | ||||||
| Number of chronic diseases | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.488 | 0.572 | <0.0001 | 0.197 | ||||||||
| 0 | 1,644(83.3) | 1,641(83.2) | 651(40.1) | 399(24.8) | 425(21.5) | 186(40.8) | 789(40.8) | 961(49.6) | ||||||
| 1 | 581(81.7) | 567(79.8) | 220(39.3) | 140(25.4) | 198(27.9) | 68(41.3) | 288(41.3) | 341(48.9) | ||||||
| ≧2 | 297(72.4) | 283(69.0) | 106(36.4) | 78(27.8) | 136(33.2) | 45(34.6) | 139(34.6) | 218(54.2) | ||||||