Table 1. Descriptive statistics of general conditions.
| Variable | Subgroup | N | Traditional Poverty (%) | Urban neo-poverty (%) | General Population (%) |
| Area | Shenyang | 891 | 100(23) | 122(31) | 669(32) |
| Fuxin | 1042 | 152(34) | 120(30) | 770(37) | |
| Dandong | 1007 | 191(43) | 155(39) | 661(31) | |
| Gender | Male | 1873 | 333(75) | 299(75) | 1241(59) |
| Female | 1067 | 110(25) | 98(25) | 859(41) | |
| Age (years) | 36–45 | 1637 | 280(63) | 273(69) | 1084(52) |
| 46–55 | 1303 | 163(37) | 124(31) | 1016(48) | |
| Disease | No | 2233 | 211(48) | 234(59) | 1788(85) |
| Yes | 707 | 232(52) | 163(41) | 312(15) | |
| Debt | No | 1959 | 195(44) | 195(49) | 1569(75) |
| Yes | 981 | 248(56) | 202(51) | 531(25) | |
| Household income (Yuan) | ≤200 | 695 | 285(64) | 223(56) | 187(9) |
| 200–500 | 1373 | 151(34) | 171(43) | 1051(50) | |
| 500–1000 | 626 | 6(2) | 3(1) | 617(29) | |
| 1000–1500 | 136 | 1(0) | 0(0) | 135(6) | |
| >1500 | 110 | 0(0) | 0(0) | 110(5) | |
| Educational expenditure (Yuan) | None | 681 | 120(23) | 69(17) | 492(23) |
| ≤1000 | 863 | 223(20) | 226(57) | 414(20) | |
| 1000–2000 | 563 | 52(22) | 54(14) | 457(22) | |
| >2000 | 832 | 47(35) | 48(12) | 737(35) | |
| Educational Level | None | 98 | 82(2) | 5(1) | 11(1) |
| Primary | 262 | 191(3) | 16(4) | 55(3) | |
| Junior | 1248 | 68(41) | 318(80) | 862(41) | |
| Senior | 715 | 19(31) | 51(13) | 645(31) | |
| Undergraduate | 580 | 83(23) | 7(2) | 490(23) | |
| Duration in Poverty (years) | ≤5 | – | – | 210 | – |
| >5 | – | – | 187 | – | |
| Total | – | 2940 | 443 | 397 | 2100 |