Table 1.
Sociodemographic variables by urban, rural and urban v. rural comparison
| Urban | Rural | Statistic
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| t (d.f.) | χ2 (d.f.) | P | |||
| Age, years: mean (s.d.) | 44.9 (14.1) | 43.7 (13.4) | 0.71 (391) | 0.48 | |
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| Years of schooling, mean (s.d.) | 9.1 (3.6) | 5.1 (3.9) | 8.77 (390) | <0.0001 | |
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| Family income, Chinese RMB: mean (s.d.) | 5335.5 (3833.0) | 2275.1 (3202.0) | 7.06 (141) | <0.0001 | |
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| Gender, n/N (%) | 1.03 (1) | 0.31 | |||
| Male | 50/96 (52.1) | 137/297 (46.1) | |||
| Female | 46/96 (47.9) | 160/297 (53.9) | |||
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| Marital status, n/N (%) | 6.00 (1) | 0.01 | |||
| Unmarried | 46/96 (47.9) | 101/297 (34.0) | |||
| Married | 50/96 (52.1) | 196/297 (66.0) | |||
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| Insurance status, n/N (%) | <0.0001a | ||||
| Self-pay | 46/96 (47.9) | 201/285 (70.5) | |||
| Cooperative medical services | 1/96 (1.0) | 77/285 (27.0) | |||
| Free medicare | 10/96 (10.4) | 5/285 (1.8) | |||
| Medical insurance | 39/96 (40.6) | 2/285 (0.7) | |||
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| Religion, n/N (%) | 0.09a | ||||
| Non-religious | 83/88 (94.3) | 235/259 (90.7) | |||
| Catholic/Christian | 3/88 (3.4) | 4/259 (1.5) | |||
| Buddhist/Taoist | 2/88 (2.3) | 20/259 (7.7) | |||
a
Fisher’s exact test.