Table 2. Per capita expense (mean and standard deviation) and percentage (as of the total expense) for the whole cohort and subgroups with different illness conditions and medical expense levels.
| Whole cohort | Presence of chronic disease | Presence of inpatient treatment | Medical expense | ||||
| Yes | No | Yes | No | High | Low | ||
| Amount of expense (RMB) | |||||||
| Basic (food, produce, etc) | 2884.0 | 2741.1 | 2991.9 | 2854.1 | 2926.1 | 4426.3 | 1351.3 |
| sd | 2397.4 | 2332.0 | 2440.8 | 2377.6 | 2425.3 | 2382.7 | 1051.2 |
| p-value | 0.005 | 0.43 | <0.001 | ||||
| Education | 462.6 | 451.2 | 471.3 | 461.6 | 464.0 | 732.3 | 194.6 |
| sd | 386.6 | 389.2 | 384.6 | 389.1 | 383.3 | 353.6 | 172.5 |
| p-value | 0.17 | 0.87 | <0.001 | ||||
| Saving/Investment | 2710.3 | 2097.8 | 2225.0 | 2169.3 | 2171.6 | 3346.5 | 1001.4 |
| sd | 1713.0 | 1688.2 | 1729.9 | 1727.8 | 1692.6 | 1602.1 | 747.2 |
| p-value | 0.05 | 0.97 | <0.001 | ||||
| Entertainment | 465.8 | 449.2 | 478.3 | 463.7 | 468.7 | 736.0 | 197.3 |
| sd | 394.7 | 387.4 | 399.8 | 396.6 | 392.3 | 367.9 | 177.6 |
| p-value | 0.05 | 0.74 | <0.001 | ||||
| Insurance | 1410.9 | 1376.0 | 1437.2 | 1391.1 | 1438.6 | 2183.2 | 643.4 |
| sd | 1176.6 | 1174.9 | 1177.6 | 1161.1 | 1198.0 | 1148.1 | 518.2 |
| p-value | 0.17 | 0.29 | <0.001 | ||||
| Durable goods | 245.0 | 232.2 | 254.7 | 242.6 | 248.3 | 398.6 | 92.3 |
| sd | 242.5 | 234.9 | 247.8 | 239.0 | 247.4 | 244.7 | 105.1 |
| p-value | 0.01 | 0.53 | <0.001 | ||||
| Alcohol/Tobacco | 101.5 | 97.6 | 104.4 | 101.2 | 101.9 | 175.4 | 28.0 |
| sd | 119.9 | 119.5 | 120.1 | 120.7 | 118.7 | 123.2 | 52.3 |
| p-value | 0.13 | 0.87 | <0.001 | ||||
| Other | 4.8 | 7.5 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 3.2 |
| sd | 58.2 | 74.6 | 41.8 | 43.0 | 74.6 | 75.5 | 33.0 |
| p-value | 0.04 | 0.40 | 0.13 | ||||
| Percentage of expense | |||||||
| Basic (food, produce, etc) | 31.45 | 31.03 | 31.75 | 31.33 | 31.62 | 30.92 | 33.32 |
| Education | 5.04 | 5.11 | 5.00 | 5.07 | 5.04 | 5.11 | 4.80 |
| Saving/Investment | 23.67 | 23.75 | 23.61 | 23.81 | 23.47 | 23.37 | 24.69 |
| Entertainment | 5.08 | 5.09 | 5.08 | 5.09 | 5.07 | 5.14 | 4.87 |
| Insurance | 15.39 | 15.58 | 15.25 | 15.27 | 15.55 | 15.25 | 15.87 |
| Durable goods | 2.67 | 2.63 | 2.70 | 2.66 | 2.68 | 2.78 | 2.28 |
| Alcohol/Tobacco | 1.11 | 1.10 | 1.11 | 1.11 | 1.10 | 1.23 | 0.69 |
| Other | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.08 |
*
Basic consumption includes food (rice, meet, vegetable, fruit, etc), clothes, production means (e.g. farming equipment, fertilizer, seed, etc), utilities (electricity, water, heating, cooking, renting, etc), and daily goods (toiletries, kitchen supplies); Education includes tuition, book, and other education-related expenses; Saving/investment includes banking, stock; Entertainment includes entertainment, travel, holidays and other social activities; Insurance: for property, farm product, health, etc; Durable goods include furniture and electronic devices; Alcohol/Tobacco: cigarette, tobacco, wine, liqueur; Medical expense: outpatient and inpatient services, drugs; Other: expenses not listed above.