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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Aging Health. 2012 May 2;24(5):779–798. doi: 10.1177/0898264312444310

Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics

Percentage/mean (SD) Weighted result
Proxy (%) 29.8 5.5
Gender (female, %) 57.4 53.0
Age (year) 86.4 (11.7) 72.5 (6.1)
Ethnicity (non-Han, %) 5.6 5.8
Living environment
 Living in urban area (%) 24.0 19.2
 Living in town area (%) 22.0 15.8
 Living in rural area (%) 54.0 65.0
Living arrangement
 Living with family (%) 81.9 85.0
 Living in institution (%) 4.6 2.4
 Living alone 13.5 12.6
Social support (range = 0–12) 10.7 (2.3) 11.0 (1.9)
Education (year) 2.0 (3.5) 2.6 (3.7)
Income (10,000 yuan) 0.3 (0.4) 0.3 (0.3)
MMSE (range = 0–30) 17.8 (7.7) 22.2 (4.0)
Depression symptom (range = 0–5) 0.7 (1.0) 0.7 (0.9)
Comorbidity 1.2 (1.4) 1.2 (1.3)