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. 2026 Jan 22;26:614. doi: 10.1186/s12889-026-26298-4

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics and critical variables of the participants

Variable Overall (N= 5533) Health poverty vulnerability  Inline graphic  P
No (N =5033) Yes (N = 500)
Biological and genetic factors dimension
Gender 0.069 0.792
 Male 3306(59.75) 3010(59.81) 296(59.20)
 Female 2227(40.25) 2023(40.19) 204(40.80)
Age(years) 61.36(9.88) 60.02(9.10) 74.83(6.82) -35.395 < 0.001
Individual lifestyle dimension
Self-assessment of health status 81.119 < 0.001
 Very good 209(3.78) 192(3.81) 17(3.40)
 good 1006(18.18) 955(18.97) 51(10.20)
 fair 1692(30.58) 1582(31.43) 110(22.00)
 average 1799(32.51) 1605(31.89) 194(38.80)
 poor 827(14.95) 699(13.89) 128(25.60)
Nighttime sleep duration 33.935 < 0.001
 < 7 h 1912(34.56) 1691(33.60) 221(44.20)
 7 ~ 8 h 3252(58.77) 3019(59.98) 233(46.60)
 > 8 h 369(6.67) 323(6.42) 46(9.20)
Nap duration 0.503 0.778
 < 30 min 982(17.75) 899(17.86) 83(16.60)
 30 ~ 60 min 3737(67.54) 3394(67.43) 343(68.60)
 > 60 min 814(14.71) 740(14.70) 74(14.80)
Exercise frequency 82.813 < 0.001
 6 times or more 1332(24.07) 1273(25.29) 59(11.80)
 3–5 times 893(16.14) 839(16.67) 54(10.80)
 1 ~ 2 times 639(11.55) 585(11.62) 54(10.80)
 Not even once 229(4.14) 201(3.99) 28(5.60)
 never 2440(44.10) 2135(42.42) 305(61.00)
Smoking 62.631 < 0.001
 Never smokes 4191(75.75) 3740(74.31) 451(90.20)
 smokes 1172(21.18) 1128(22.41) 44(8.80)
 Quit smoking 170(3.07) 165(3.28) 5(1.00)
Drinking alcohol 37.856 < 0.001
 Never drinks alcohol 5061(91.47) 4567(90.74) 494(98.80)
 Drinking alcohol 388(7.01) 383(7.61) 5(1.00)
 Quit drinking 84(1.52) 83(1.65) 1(0.20)
Social and community network dimensions
Marital status 188.730 < 0.001
 Not married 643(11.43) 491(9.76) 152(30.40)
 married 4890(88.38) 4542(90.24) 348(69.60)
Number of relatives they can seek help from 212.506 < 0.001
 0 610(11.02) 486(9.66) 124(24.80)
 1 1255(22.68) 1094(21.74) 161(32.20)
 2 1449(26.19) 1307(25.97) 142(28.40)
 3 ~ 4 1326(23.97) 1267(25.17) 59(11.80)
 5 ~ 8 611(11.04) 599(11.90) 12(2.40)
 9 or more 282(5.10) 280(5.56) 2(0.40)
Number of friends they can seek help from 212.258 < 0.001
 0 1617(29.22) 1348(26.78) 269(53.80)
 1 1391(25.14) 1252(24.88) 139(27.80)
 2 1156(20.89) 1096(21.78) 60(12.00)
 3 ~ 4 852(15.40) 826(16.41) 26(5.20)
 5 ~ 8 319(5.77) 314(6.24) 5(1.00)
 9 or more 198(3.58) 197(3.91) 1(0.20)
Borrowing situation 327.749 < 0.001
 No 3115(56.30) 2642(52.49) 473(94.60)
 Yes 2418(43.70) 2391(47.51) 27(5.40)
Dimension of structural social factors
literacy levels 236.823 < 0.001
 illiterate 2158(39.00) 1815(36.06) 343(68.60)
 elementary school 2073(37.47) 1929(38.33) 144(28.80)
 Middle school 981(17.73) 971(19.29) 10(2.00)
 high school and above 321(5.80) 318(6.32) 3(0.60)
Housing type 0.621 0.431
 Nonsanitary housing 948(17.13) 856(17.01) 92(18.40)
 Sanitary housing 4585(82.87) 4177(82.99) 408(81.60)
Type of drinking water 17.802 < 0.001
 Decentralized water supply 232(4.19) 193(3.83) 39(7.880)
 Tap water 5301(95.81) 4840(96.17) 461(92.20)
Type of toilet 21.808 < 0.001
 Nonsanitary toilet 4992(88.96) 4446(88.34) 476(95.20)
 Sanitary toilet 611(11.04) 587(11.66) 24(4.80)
Type of cooking fuel 84.710 < 0.001
 Nonclean energy 278(5.02) 210(4.17) 68(13.60)
 Clean energy 5255(94.98) 4823(95.83) 432(86.40)
Time required to reach the nearest county hospital 58.19(34.34) 58.53(34.83) 54.77(28.87) 2.332 0.020
Per capita annual income (logarithmic) 7.34(6.98) 7.77(6.09) 3.04(12.08) 14.708 < 0.001
Macro social conditions dimension
urban‒rural integrated medical insurance or the urban employee medical insurance 10.015 0.002
 No 64(1.16) 51(1.01) 13(2.60)
 Yes 5469(98.84) 4982(98.99) 487(97.40)
Low-income household 692.794 < 0.001
 Yes 1741(31.47) 1323(26.29) 418(83.60)
 No 3792(68.53) 3710(73.71) 82(16.40)