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. 2025 Apr 25;13:1507691. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1507691

Table 2.

Results of regional population size and health screening.

Variables Health screening
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3a
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Fixed effects intercept (S.E) 0.39*(0.05) 0.94*(0.09) 1.09*(0.08)
Regional-level characteristics
Regional population size
Decrease (≥ 10% reduction) 0.88 (0.85) (0.90) 0.85 (0.82) (0.88)
Stable (0–10% reduction) 0.96 (0.94) (0.99) 0.95 (0.92) (0.98)
Increase (> 0%) 1.00 1.00
Aging index
Low 1.00 1.00
High 1.09 (0.94) (1.27) 0.93 (0.84) (1.04)
Financial independence ratio
Low 1.00 1.00
High 0.87 (0.84) (0.89) 0.93 (0.90) (0.95)
Individual-level characteristics
Age (years)
19–39 0.28 (0.27) (0.29) 0.28 (0.27) (0.29)
40–49 1.00 1.00
50–59 1.30 (1.25) (1.35) 1.30 (1.26) (1.35)
60–69 1.64 (1.58) (1.70) 1.64 (1.58) (1.70)
≥ 70 1.40 (1.34) (1.45) 1.40 (1.35) (1.45)
Sex
Male 0.80 (0.78) (0.83) 0.80 (0.78) (0.83)
Female 1.00 1.00
Marital status
Married 1.00 1.00
Separated or divorced 0.70 (0.68) (0.72) 0.70 (0.68) (0.72)
Unmarried 0.36 (0.35) (0.37) 0.36 (0.35) (0.37)
Household income level
Low 0.61 (0.59) (0.64) 0.61 (0.59) (0.64)
Middle 0.83 (0.81) (0.85) 0.83 (0.81) (0.85)
High 1.00 1.00
Region
Metropolitan 1.00 1.00
City 0.83 (0.68) (1.01) 0.81 (0.69) (0.96)
Rural 1.08 (0.89) (1.30) 1.06 (0.91) (1.24)
Alcohol status
Never 1.00 1.00
Ever 1.15 (1.12) (1.18) 1.15 (1.12) (1.18)
Smoking status
Never 1.00 1.00
Ever 0.89 (0.87) - (0.92) 0.89 (0.86) - (0.92)
Self-reported health status
High 1.00 1.00
Middle 1.03 (1.01) (1.05) 1.03 (1.01) (1.06)
Low 0.89 (0.86) (0.92) 0.90 (0.87) (0.92)
Health Literacy
Low 0.78 (0.76) (0.80) 0.78 (0.76) (0.80)
High 1.00 1.00
Error variance
Level-2 intercept (S.E) 0.01*(0.02) 0.007*(0.015) 0.004*(0.01)
Model fit
-2LL 247046.7 216690.7 216555.9
Pearson Chi-Square/DF 1.00 1.00 1.00

*p < 0.05; ICC (Intraclass correlation coefficient): 0.0500 (<0.0001). aBest fitting model.