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. 2013 Aug 13;2013:568959. doi: 10.1155/2013/568959

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics by migration and residency status (N = 1,278).

Urban residents Rural-to-urban migrants Urbanized rural residents
Chronic health conditions—lifetime
 Total number of chronic conditions (1 min, 10 max; mean)c 0.69 (0.22) 0.23 (0.08) 0.73 (0.08)
 At least one chronic condition (%)c 36.22 15.67 37.26
 More than one chronic conditions (%)c 18.99 6.01 19.57
 Pain-related conditions (%)c 34.50 13.07 34.47
 Cardiovascular conditions (%) 10.07 2.19 4.83
 Respiratory conditions (%) 0.23 0.92 0.99
 Other conditions (%) 3.28 0.03 1.41
Chronic health conditions—past 12 months
 Total number of chronic conditions (1 min, 10 max; mean)a,c 0.59 (0.16) 0.21 (0.07) 0.61 (0.11)
 At least one chronic condition (%)c 34.47 13.79 32.92
 More than one chronic conditions (%)c 14.12 5.87 15.38
 Pain-related conditions (%)c 30.35 12.40 31.15
 Cardiovascular conditions (%)a 7.47 0.87 3.77
 Respiratory conditions (%) 0.16 0.92 0.99
 Other conditions (%) 3.15 0.03 0.41
Received treatment during the past 12 months
 Among those with any 12-month chronic conditions (%) 90.46 82.37 75.37
 Among those with 12-month pain-related conditions (%) 85.50 87.14 74.46
 Among those with 12-month cardiovascular conditions (%) 99.40 84.47 90.83
 Among those with 12-month respiratory conditions (%)a,c 82.54 13.15 100.00
 Among those with 12-month other conditions (%) 98.61 100.00 98.51
Concern of seeking medical treatment
 Worry about paying medical bills (very much, %)b,c 11.95 6.78 25.93
Socio-demographic characteristics
 Age (years, mean)a 43.95 (2.02) 37.60 (3.31) 44.73 (3.08)
 Gender (female, %) 53.62 49.74 44.81
 Marital status (married, %) 88.12 80.16 85.94
 Education (years of schooling, mean)b 10.46 (1.65) 7.72 (0.88) 6.64 (0.97)
 Occupation (professional/managerial, %) 25.54 10.89 3.87
 Household wealth (0 min, 12 max; mean) 6.46 (1.03) 5.65 (0.73) 5.51 (0.37)
Health insurance
 Urban basic medical insurance (%)a,b 62.16 8.91 2.55
 New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (%)a,b 16.63 66.73 80.02
 Commercial health insurance (%)c 23.80 4.01 9.04
Sample size N 613 231 434
Weighted percentage (%) 56.78 18.13 25.09

Survey design effects (strata, cluster, and individual weight) are adjusted in the mean estimations.

Means or percentages are reported; standard errors in parentheses.

aDifference between urban residents and rural-to-urban migrants significant at P < 0.05.

bDifference between urban residents and urbanized rural residents significant at P < 0.05.

cDifference between rural-to-urban migrants and urbanized rural residents significant at P < 0.05.