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. 2025 Sep 30;25:3198. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-24504-3

Table 2.

Description statistics of poverty vulnerability among participants (N = 18426)

Variables Total sample Vulnerable to poverty (n = 3173) Non-Vulnerable to poverty (n = 15253)
SPHI
Yes 2305 (12.51%) 134 (4.22%) 2171 (14.23%)
No 16,121 (87.49%) 3039 (95.78%) 13,082 (85.77%)
Age
16–59 years old 12,072 (65.52%) 936 (29.50%) 11,136 (73.01%)
≥ 60 years old 6354 (34.48%) 2237 (70.50%) 4117 (26.99%)
Gender
Male 8477 (46.01%) 1433 (45.16%) 7044 (46.18%)
Female 9949 (53.99%) 1740 (54.84%) 8209 (53.82%)
Education level
No formal education 3138 (17.03%) 1250 (39.39%) 1888 (12.38%)
Primary school 4426 (24.02%) 941 (29.66%) 3485 (22.85%)
Middle school 7128 (38.68%) 714 (22.50%) 6414 (42.05%)
High school and above 3734 (20.27%) 268 (7.45%) 3466 (22.72%)
Marital status
Married 15,641 (84.89%) 2501 (78.82%) 13,140 (86.15%)
Unmarried 2785 (15.11%) 672 (21.18%) 2113 (13.85%)
Employment status
Employment 10,993 (59.66%) 1167 (36.78%) 9826 (64.42%)
Unemployment 7433 (40.34%) 2006 (63.22%) 5427 (35.58%)
Chronic disease
Yes 5728 (31.09%) 1414 (44.56%) 4314 (28.28%)
No 12,698 (68.91%) 1759 (55.44%) 10,939 (71.72%)
EQ5D 0.96 (0.08) 0.93 (0.11) 0.97 (0.07)
Smoking
Yes 4560 (24.75%) 782 (24.65%) 3778 (24.77%)
No 13,866 (75.25%) 2391 (75.35%) 11,475 (75.23%)
Alcohol consumption
Yes 5243 (28.45%) 784 (24.71%) 4459 (29.23%)
No 13,183 (71.55%) 2389 (75.29%) 10,794 (70.77%)
Health check-up
Yes 9073 (49.24%) 1996 (62.91%) 7077 (46.40%)
No 9353 (50.76%) 1177 (37.09%) 8176 (53.60%)
Residence
Rural 14,537 (78.90%) 2548 (80.30%) 11,989 (78.60%)
Urban 3889 (21.10%) 625 (19.70%) 3264 (21.40%)
Residence region
Eastern Shandong 7656 (41.55%) 1457 (45.92%) 6199 (40.64%)
Central Shandong 7069 (38.36%) 1018 (32.08%) 6051 (39.67%)
Western Shandong 3701 (20.09%) 698 (22.00%) 3003 (19.69%)
Type of drinking water
Running water 14,299 (77.60%) 2272 (71.60%) 12,027 (78.85%)
Others 4127 (22.40%) 901 (28.40%) 3226 (21.15%)
Sanitary latrines
Sanitary latrines 14,986 (81.33%) 2165 (68.23%) 12,821 (84.06%)
Non-sanitary latrines 3440 (18.67%) 1008 (31.77%) 2432 (15.94%)
Household size 2.91 (1.30) 2.71 (1.46) 2.96 (1.26)

We use mean and SD for continuous variables and frequency (n) and percentage for discrete variables; EQ5D: EuroQol-5 dimension; SPHI Supplementary private health insurance