Table 1.
Patients characteristics
| |
N = 412 |
|---|---|
| n (%) | |
|
Gender |
|
| M |
221 (54.2%) |
| F |
187 (45.8%) |
| Missing |
4 |
|
Age (yr) |
Mean: 72.86 ± 7.70 |
|
Education |
|
| No formal education |
73 (17.9%) |
| Kindergarten |
3 (0.7%) |
| Primary school |
150 (36.8%) |
| Secondary school |
132 (32.4%) |
| University or above |
50 (12.3%) |
| Missing |
4 |
|
Marital status |
|
| Single |
11 (2.7%) |
| Married / Cohabit |
312 (76.7%) |
| Widowed / Divorced |
84 (20.6%) |
| Missing |
5 |
|
Employment |
|
| Not working |
367 (90.2%) |
| Full-time |
20 (4.9%) |
| Part-time |
20 (4.9%) |
| Missing |
5 |
|
Government allowance |
|
| Old age allowance |
244 (61.2%) |
| Disability allowance |
18 (4.5%) |
| CSSA# |
47 (11.8%) |
| Others |
11 (2.8%) |
| None received |
114 (28.6%) |
| Missing |
13 |
|
Monthly family income ($) |
|
| No income |
89 (21.8%) |
| 1–5,000 |
81 (19.9%) |
| 5,001-10,000 |
39 (9.6%) |
| 10,001-20,000 |
41 (10.0%) |
| 20,001-30,000 |
19 (4.6%) |
| >30,000 |
17 (4.2%) |
| Don't know / Unwilling to answer |
122 (19.9%) |
| Missing |
4 |
|
Living with |
|
| Family / Relatives |
336 (81.6%) |
| Old age home |
9 (2.2%) |
| Others |
2 (0.5%) |
| Live alone |
62 (15.2%) |
| Missing | 3 |
#CSSA: Comprehensive Social Security Assistance for eligible low-income individuals.